{"id":206248,"date":"2019-03-11T22:54:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T02:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=206248"},"modified":"2025-01-18T00:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T05:38:51","slug":"filipino-workers-are-industrious-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/11\/filipino-workers-are-industrious-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino workers are industrious: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Construction worker carries his ladder to his next job. Bacolod City, Philippines. (Photo<\/a>: Brian Evans\/Flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Filipino workers are industrious, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday contrary to a recent tweet made by special envoy to China Ramon Tulfo that Filipinos are \u201clazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAng tingin natin siyempre, ang mga Pilipino talagang masisipag<\/em>; in fact,\u00a0ang<\/em>\u00a0impression\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0abroad\u00a0eh masisipag talaga<\/em>\u00a0(Of course we think Filipinos are industrious; in fact the impression abroad is Filipinos are really industrious),\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201cTalagang magaling ang mga Pilipino<\/em>. If we put our hearts into it,\u00a0magagaling talaga ang mga Pilipino<\/em>\u00a0(Filipinos are really good. If we put our hearts into it, Filipinos are really good),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo, however, acknowledged that there are some Filipinos who are lazy.<\/p>\n

\u201cPero depende rin eh, mayroon namang tamad na<\/em>\u00a0worker.\u00a0Pero ang<\/em>\u00a0general impression\u00a0talaga masisipag tayo<\/em>\u00a0(But it depends, there are some lazy workers. But the genera impression is we\u2019re industrious), we are preferred in other countries,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo said the special envoy was entitled to his own opinion since it was part of freedom of expression.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is freedom of expression, everyone is entitled to make his opinion on any matter concerning the country or the people or anybody,\u201d Panelo said, noting that it was Tulfo\u2019s call to apologize.<\/p>\n

Panelo said he was not concerned that Tulfo\u2019s remark would endanger the employment opportunities of Filipino workers since the special envoy was simply relaying what developers told him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think that is the opinion of Mr. Tulfo, I think he was just relaying what he heard or what was said to him by the developers.\u00a0Pakinggan\u2014tingnan ninyong maigi iyong statements niya, so hindi galing sa kaniya<\/em>\u00a0(Listen–check his statements properly, it\u2019s not his own),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s not put words into his mouth unless he restates it and say\u00a0\u2018hindi<\/em>\u00a0(no), that\u2019s also my opinion,\u2019\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has also defended Filipino workers\u2019 work ethics saying he \u201cviolently disagrees\u201d with Tulfo\u2019s statement that they were less efficient than Chinese workers.<\/p>\n

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Bello emphasized that Filipinos were the most sought after employees abroad.<\/p>\n

Last week, Tulfo, in an interview over CNN Philippines, said developers prefer Chinese workers over Filipino workers since they were more hardworking than Filipino workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know why developers prefer Chinese workers? They\u2019re hardworking. When Filipino workers go to a job site, that\u2019s only when they will start preparing their tools, whereas Chinese workers are already prepared. Filipino workers always smoke and keep talking,\u201d Tulfo said.<\/p>\n

On his Twitter account, Tulfo also called Filipinos \u201clazy\u201d and \u201cslowpoke\u201d and refused to apologize for his remark.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the Filipino construction workers: Why should I apologize to you for telling the truth that you\u2019re basically lazy and a slowpoke?<\/p>\n

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Does the truth hurt?\u201d Tulfo said in his tweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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