WHY SULYAPINOY?

People need information. We need knowledge that will help us to understand our society, provide a healthy environment and nurture our well-being. Active and effective participation in the community is based on our ability to speak, listen, read, and write with consistency, confidence, purpose, and enjoyment in a wide range of context. These virtues gave birth to the creation of this publication.

“Sulyap”, a Filipino word which means “Take a glance” is the origin of this newsletter's name: SULYAPINOY. Our eyes are the vital instrument in witnessing the accounts in the society where we, EPS workers belong to. SULYAPINOY embodies every thought and sentiments of all Filipino Migrant Workers in Korea which aims to capture every single detailed expression may it be political, social, cultural or personal aspect of our lives. Therefore, SULYAPINOY is the voice of the Modern Living Heroes.

Our objective is to deliver informative, fair and balanced reportage, not an argument. Where the facts are clear, we hope we will not fail from explaining what they reveal, making clear what is essential, relevant, and what is only suggested. We hope, however, we are not seen as simply taking sides. Our intention is to inform, not to persuade. We will try to be as transparent as possible about sources and methods, and to make it clear when we are laying out data and when we have carefully move into analysis of the data. We will persist, to the best of our ability and the limits of time, and seek out multiple sources of information for comparison where they exist. This will serve as instrument to bring out our sentiments and predicaments as we enjoy the freedom to live and to be heard.