"I always resented the term “modern-day hero.” Not because OFWs are not selfless and courageous— they are —but because the phrase seems to celebrate that which shouldn’t be celebrated: the fact that foreigners are benefiting from Filipinos’ hard-learned skills more than the Filipinos themselves, and that families are breaking up because economic hardships are forcing one or more of their members to work abroad."
- Jahzeel Cruz (Inquirer, 2011)
