By Fred S. Cabuang MY maternal grandfather, Don Juan Francisco Villajera Suarez, from Asturias, Spain, once told me, "El que habla dos lenguas vale por dos [The person who speaks two languages is worth two]." Each year, more than a million Filipinos leave the Philippines for better jobs. Others leave to become permanent residents of their country of destination. Overseas Filipinos are typically doctors, nurses, accountants, IT professionals, engineers, entertainers, technicians, teachers, military servicemen, students and domestic helpers. Labor Secretary Arturo Brion said that total global...
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