Some wives want their philandering husbands repatriated. There are also many instances when the husbands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) come to our station to seek assistance in forcing their wives to come home.
One time, there were 10 husbands who came to Radyo Inquirer to complain about their wives overseas.
They brought pictures of their wives with other men (“ka-foreign affairs,” such liaisons are jokingly called) which they discovered on the popular social networking site Facebook.
Rudy (not his real name) showed us a picture he found on the Internet of his wife hugging a younger man. He also said that when he calls his OFW wife in Dubai, a guy often answers her mobile phone.
According to his wife, the guy is only her coworker. Rudy has doubts because he usually makes his call at midnight.
Rudy wants to request that his wife to be sent back to the Philippines as soon as possible.
Liberato has a different story. His wife works in Singapore as a household service worker. His wife had told him that her work conditions there were not good. So he came to Radyo Inquirer begging Bantay OCW to help repatriate his wife immediately. Almost every day he asks for updates via Facebook.
Liberato is very worried about his wife’s work problems. He wept when he recalled the things he liked most about his wife.
There is a happy ending to Liberato’s story. After Bantay OCW coordinated with the Philippine Embassy in Singapore, our diplomats there communicated with the employer of the OFW, who promised to give the remaining salary of Liberato’s wife, and to let her go home as soon as possible. Liberato’s wife was safely back in his arms on Feb. 10.