Stranded OFWs in Jeddah to be home soon
2009-09-14 03:38:00 Some 170 undocumented Filipino workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia will finally be sent home after more than a year of living under a bridge. Philippine Consul General Ezzedin Tago said the group is now in a Saudi deportation center for the processing of their exit papers and would be sent home as soon as possible. The workers ...
Help sought for OFWs sleeping under Jeddah bridge
2009-02-09 04:23:00 Help sought for OFWs sleeping under Jeddah bridge by MARIA ALETA O. NIEVA, abs-cbnNEWS.com Around 100 overseas Filipino workers have camped out under a bridge in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. According to Garry Martinez, chairperson of Migrante International, the stranded OFWs are sleeping under the Khandara Bridge in Jeddah. ?Panibagong batch ng mga kababayan na natangal sa work, tumakas ...
Jeddah - Eleanor Rigby (Single)
2008-06-11 00:23:00 Band: JeddahSingle: Eleanor RigbyYear: 1983Country: United KingdomGenre: NWOBHMLength: 07:19 MinFilesize: 10 MBTracklist:- Eleanor Rigby- GhostsClick Here
Pinoy arrested in Jeddah for raping 10-year-old girl
2008-04-22 14:25:00 MANILA, Philippines - A 50-year-old Filipino was arrested by Saudi police last week after being accused of repeatedly forcing a 10-year-old girl to have sex with him at their compound at the Al-Ruwais district in Jeddah. The suspect, identified only as Armando from Nueva Ecija, worked as a restaurant chef and lived in the same compound ...
Group slams RP officials for OFW?s death in Jeddah
2008-04-18 14:09:00 MANILA, Philippines-A Middle East-based migrant workers? organization urged Philippine embassy officials to reveal the conditions of distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) instead of sugar-coating the situation. Migrante-Middle East issued the statement on Friday after the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah confirmed that an OFW died in a deportation cell earlier this month. John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-ME?s regional coordinator ...
Back from Hell: Story of a stranded OFW from Jeddah
2008-04-13 12:52:00 They paid fixers operating around the Philippine consulate to be able to go back home but were in stead made to live under a bridge. They asked the assistance of the Consulate but were taken to the Saudi police. They endured cramped cells with very little food and water in two deportation centers. And now, ...
42 of 200 OFWs stranded in Jeddah to return to RP next week
2008-04-04 13:52:00 At least 42 of the 200 stranded Filipino workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia are expected to return to the Philippines Thursday next week, according to Vice President Noli de Castro. In a press statement, De Castro, also presidential adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), said the first batch of stranded OFWs in Jeddah would arrive at ...
Introducing the World?s Tallest Building: Mile-High Tower in Saudi Arabia
2008-04-01 00:45:00 . . . and we thought the Freedom Tower was going to be tall . . . It is always fun to preview cool architectural achievements around the world! We’ve covered everything from the world’s smallest apartment to the coolest architectural projects in the middle east (includes the then proposed-tallest building in the world) to the world’s largest building (proposed in Moscow - slated to dwarf the Pentagon). Once again, we’ve learned of a building that is slated to make the competition cry tears of inadequacy . . . The Daily Mail reported today that Saudi Prince al-Walid bin Talal, one of the richest men on Earth, has unveiled plans to build a tower that will be 1 mile tall (5,280 feet) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - dubbed the Mile-High Tower. Photo Courtesy of The Daily Mail This building, expected to cost £5billion ($10 billion US), if completed, will be more than twice as tall as any planned or completed skyscraper on Earth . . . talk about ambitious! “Expe...
OWWA shoulders repatriation costs for 74 OFWs from Jeddah
2008-03-31 14:30:00 MANILA, Philippines - The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said on Monday it has taken measures to facilitate the repatriation of 74 Filipino-deportees from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by next month. According to the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Jeddah, the first batch of 27 deportees will arrive on April 11. Acting Labor Secretary Marianito D. ...
Gov?t allots P2.9 M for repatriation of stranded OFWs in Saudi
2008-03-29 23:01:00 Over 150 stranded Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia are expected to return home and finally be reunited with their families within the next two weeks, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday. Acting Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said the government already allocated some $73,000 or P2.9 million for the immediate repatriation of 167 ...
Group asks govt to pay, repatriate Jeddah OFWs
2008-03-29 22:59:00 Group asks govt to pay, repatriate Jeddah OFWs Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families picketed the Overseas Workers? Welfare Administration (OWWA) and filed applications for reimbursements en masse to demand immediate repatriation of at least 200 overseas workers and their family members in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and the reimbursement of their plane tickets. Migrante ...
60 Jeddah OFWs cleared for deportation
2008-03-26 23:08:00 SIXTY of the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who camped out under a bridge in Jeddah have been cleared for deportation and are expected to return to the Philippines in April. According to Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs, Esteban Conejos, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is now legally processing the papers of these OFWs who ...
Migrante seeks repatriation of Jeddah OFWs
2008-03-15 21:57:00 Migrante, an alliance of organizations composed of overseas Filipino workers? groups and their families, are pressing the Arroyo government for the immediate repatriation of OFWs stranded in Jeddah. They will conduct a protest action on Monday, March 17. The day falls on the 13th anniversary of the hanging of Flor Contemplacion, an OFW executed in ...
Pinoy faces death in Jeddah for killing an Indian, injuring another
2008-03-11 22:13:00 MANILA, Philippines - A Filipino laborer in Saudi Arabia may soon be added to the growing list of overseas Filipino workers on death row for killing an Indian and injuring another in the Al-Hendaweyah district. The Philippine consulate in Jeddah declined to identify the Filipino worker by name, except to say that he hails from General ...
Pinoys stranded in Jeddah to encamp at RP consulate
2008-02-06 14:10:00 Eighty-four Filipinos living in tents for nearly two months under a bridge in Jeddah trooped to the Philippine consulate Wednesday night (morning in Saudi Arabia) to set up camps there. On Tuesday, 16 Filipino women and a child were picked up by immigration agents and brought to the deportation area about five kilometers away. They were among ...
Merah Putih Setengah Tiang di Jeddah
2008-01-27 15:22:00 Jeddah - Kantor KJRI di Jeddah, Arab Saudi, memberi kesempatan khusus bagi para WNI dan warga setempat menyampaikan pesan duka cita atas wafatnya Soeharto. Tapi hanya berlaku untuk Senin besok. Demikian disampaikan Pelaksana Fungsi Konsuler KJRI Jeddah, Ahrul Sani, melalui telepon pada detikcom, Minggu (27/1/2008). “Konjen RI di Jeddah akan menerima ucapan belasungkawa dari warga pada hari Senin, ...
Consulate in Jeddah seeks close partnership with OFWs
2008-01-27 08:53:00 Philippine consul general to Jeddah Ezzedin Tago met with representatives of Filipino communities Friday to establish close partnership for effective consular services. “We are not able to do everything; we are not Superman so we wish for your help and cooperation,” Tago told leaders of Filipino communities during the meeting. Over a hundred Filipino workers belonging to ...
Peter Sanders, World-Renowned Photographer, Coming to Jeddah - Arab News
2008-01-21 13:17:00 Peter Sanders, World-Renowned Photographer, Coming to JeddahArab News, Saudi Arabia - 3 hours agoJEDDAH, 21 January 2008 ? One of the world?s most renowned Muslim photographers, Peter Sanders, who has spent over 30 years capturing breathtaking pictures ...
Tripartite Meeting ? GRP-MNLF-OIC ? in Jeddah
2008-01-17 16:05:00 Last Nov. 2007, the long-awaited Tripartite Meeting among the OIC, GRP and MNLF finally took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. My brother Sultan Firdausi Abbas was a member of the MNLF panel headed by our cousin, lawyer Bong Parcasio. ********* &nbs-p; ******** -; ********** ********* &nbs-p; ********* HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TRIPARTITE MEETING AMONG THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE ...
Kapal Siluman KRI Hasanuddin Berlabuh di Jeddah
2008-01-06 19:11:00 Jakarta - Indonesia memiliki satu lagi kapal tempur siluman TNI AL. KRI Hasanuddin bernomor lambung 366 singgah di Jeddah, Arab Saudi dalam perjalanan dari Belanda ke Indonesia. Kapal yang merupakan saudara dari KRI Diponegoro-365 ini tiba Sabtu 6 Januari 2008 pukul 10.00 waktu Jeddah. Konjen RI Jeddah Gatot Abdullah Mansyur dan Atase Pertahanan KBRI Riyadh ColCzi Rukman ...
Novo Ecijano dies in Jeddah while awaiting deportation
2008-01-04 09:52:00 A 45-year-old Filipino worker who was abandoned by his employer died in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia three days after Christmas while awaiting his deportation to the Philippines. Simplicio ?Boy” Sarangaya left Mayapyap Norte in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija about 20 years ago to help provide for his family?s needs. He is a bachelor with a commerce degree ...
Pinoys host X?mas parties for runaways in Jeddah
2007-12-29 17:47:00 Various groups of Filipinos in Jeddah took turns Friday in hosting Christmas parties for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who ran away from their sponsors in Saudi Arabia. For the first time, three groups hosted separate Christmas parties for runaways in one night. Various groups and individuals expressed intension to give food and Christmas gifts to stranded ...
Pinoy couple in Jeddah seeks help for missing baby
2007-12-29 09:16:00 A Filipino couple in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is seeking help from police and local residents in finding their one-year-old daughter who went missing Thursday night. Online news site Arab News reported Saturday that Amal Acub, one year and seven months old, was separated from her parents while they were shopping at the gold souk in Jeddah?s ...
New Jeddah consul general assumes post
2007-12-25 23:37:00 After three weeks of uncertainty, the new head of the Philippine consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia finally arrived over the weekend to formally assume his post. Based on the online news site of Arab News, Consul General Ezzedin Tago arrived in Jeddah from Manila Saturday morning and got a welcome party from the consulate staff. ...
Nawaz Sharif refuses to meet General Musharraf in Jeddah
2007-10-27 09:31:00 Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has refused to meet President Pervez Musharraf in Jeddah. PML-N leader Saeed Elahi, who met the exiled leader ...
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Jeddah Municipality seeks to learn from Dubai World's experience ... -
2007-09-23 13:35:00 Jeddah Municipality seeks to learn from Dubai World's experience ...Al-Bawaba, Jordan -- 42 minutes agoEngineer Nazek Al Sabbagh, Chief Civil Engineering Officer, Dubai World, while welcoming the guests, said: "There is an increasing need for adopting ...
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2007-09-23 13:35:00 Jeddah Municipality seeks to learn from Dubai World's experience ...Al-Bawaba, Jordan -- 6 hours agoEngineer Nazek Al Sabbagh, Chief Civil Engineering Officer, Dubai World, while welcoming the guests, said: "There is an increasing need for adopting ...
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2007-09-23 13:35:00 Jeddah Municipality seeks to learn from Dubai World's experience ...Al-Bawaba, Jordan -- 6 hours agoEngineer Nazek Al Sabbagh, Chief Civil Engineering Officer, Dubai World, while welcoming the guests, said: "There is an increasing need for adopting ...
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APEX luxury chauffeur service launched in Jeddah
2007-04-06 11:12:00 APEX, a luxury chauffeur service company was recently launched under the management of LOGIC, a leading marketing firm responsible for the success of various companies that are now making names in the Jeddah business community. With "Treat Yourself" as their slogan, APEX provides unparalleled chauffeur service to customers for their ground transportation needs using the finest vehicles equipped with refreshments and electronic gadgets such as DVD with LCD, Laptop and Mobile phone to assist travelers. With courteous, experienced and professionally attired chauffeurs, APEX aims to provide a high level of service to their customers. Their services are available within Jeddah throughout Makkah and Madinah. Customers may use APEX for airport pick up and drop off, business transport service, city tours (dining and shopping), religious trips, Obhur beach trip, full day service and other personal needs. APEX charges for as low as SAR 80 per hour for their services. ...
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