DiversityHuman.com - It's all about us. It's all about you! - Tag - Nemencio Valencia middle eastCurrent Events, News,Information Technology, Gadgets, Sports, Entertainment, Celebrity, Movies, Music, People & Lifestyle, Cuisine, Traditions, Culture, Opinions and many more!2024-01-21T16:42:17+00:00HumanFaceurn:md5:8298714dfbf94b920f08e4a21957b2dfDotclearPhilippine embassy declines help to Nemencio Valenciaurn:md5:c4c00ad3b4f8ccecff554551e99ceedc2012-05-27T04:10:00+01:002016-03-13T21:19:29+00:00DiversityHumanPublic ServiceDevencio ValenciaNemencio Devencio ValenciaNemencio ValenciaNemencio Valencia middle eastNemencio Valencia Riyadh<p><strong>Philippine embassy declined help to Nemencio Valencia</strong></p>
<p><img src="https://diversityhuman.com/public/need_help/nemencio-valencia.jpg" alt="nemencio-valencia.jpg" style="float:left; margin: 0 1em 1em 0;" title="nemencio-valencia.jpg, May 2012" /><strong>Middle East - Nemencio Valencia, 68, from Lipa City, Batangas is undocumented and ailing overseas Filipino worker (OFW) wishes to be home.</strong> He is being willfully assisted by the Filipino migrant rights group Migrante-Middle East (M-ME). "He managed to survive with his friends and fellow OFWs’ contributions for his food and medicines,” said M-ME regional coordinator John Leonard Monterona. The rights group urges the Philippine embassy in Riyadh to help Mr. Valencia since his health condition is deteriorating.</p>
<p>Leon Catameo, a concerned fellow OFW initially reported the deplorable situation of OFW Nemencio Valencia to M-ME officers.</p>
<p>Mr. Valencia stopped working for years. He worked as a taxi driver 10 years ago but was forced to stop because being undocumented, he feared being apprehended by local police.</p>
<p>According to Monterona, who is now based in Doha, Qatar, Nemencio Valencia sought assistance from the Philippine embassy for his repatriation but he was told to raise 8,000 Saudi rials (roughly 90,000 pesos) as a penalty for overstaying.</p>
<p>Monterona asked the Philippine embassy in Riyadh why it failed to provide him the needed assistance. “For one, the Philippine embassy could endorse to OWWA or its main office in Manila requesting a budget for OFW Valencia’s repatriation. Or it could ask the Filipino community to donate so that it could raise the needed amount to pay for his penalty.”</p> <p>“OFW Valencia’s status, of being undocumented, should not be cited as reason why the Philippine embassy did not extend help and it continuously failed to provide assistance to him,” Monterona said.
The OFW leader called on the Aquino administration through Vice President Jejomar Binay, also presidential adviser of OFWs concerns, to order the DFA... <a href="https://diversityhuman.com/index.php?post/2012/05/27/Nemencio-Valencia-Philippine-embassy-declines-help"><em>Read</em> Philippine embassy declines help to Nemencio Valencia</a></p>