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Alleged illegal recruiter falls upon return from HK
2008-04-29 12:06:00 MANILA, Philippines - A woman facing a string of illegal recruitment charges was arrested shortly upon arrival in the Philippines from Hong Kong. Radio dzBB’s Denver Trinidad reported Tuesday that aviation police arrested Connie Gomez at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2. The police served Gomez an arrest warrant issued by Manila judge Rustico Panganiban, stemming ... More About: Return , Illegal , Falls
OFW who died in Saudi cell changed name for backdoor exit
2008-04-28 11:24:00 MANILA, Philippines - The Filipino who died in a Jeddah deportation cell earlier this month was not endorsed by the consulate after using a different name in preparation for a ‘backdoor exit.’ This was the clarification of Philippine Consul General Ezzedin Tago after several militant groups blamed the officials there for the death of 30-year-old Ryan ... More About: Cell , Saudi , Died , Backdoor
RP wants to deploy more aviation workers
2008-04-27 05:24:00 The Philippines needs more aviation industry workers to be deployed abroad, mostly aircraft technicians, a general term that applies to various functions in the aircraft maintenance industry. ?There?s a big shortage of aircraft technicians in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore and the Middle East.?, said Sylvia B. Pacina, president of Venus International Placement Agency. ... More About: Workers , Aviation
Economist: OFW money can?t bridge income inequality
2008-04-27 04:23:00 EXTREME reliance on money from Filipinos overseas hasn?t helped the country get out of the poverty rut and may even hobble the poor?s income capability, says an economist. Using government?s triennial Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FIES), University of the Philippines economic researcher Ernesto Pernia said remittances from overseas Filipino workers may even be contributing ... More About: Business , Economist , Money , Bridge
Migrante slams documentary stamp tax on OFW remittances
2008-04-26 23:23:00 An alliance of organizations composed of OFWs and their families is expressing concern over alleged government plans to collect a documentary stamp tax on remittances through remittance companies as another scheme to bleed OFWs dry. According to Migrante-Middle East, a Western Union source in Dubai told them that the Arroyo government will soon collect a ... More About: Documentary , Stamp
OFWs visiting Slovenia can apply at Belgian Embassy
2008-04-26 23:22:00 The Philippine Embassy in Vienna reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that under a special arrangement between the governments of Belgium and Slovenia , Filipinos wishing to visit Slovenia may apply for visa through the Belgian Embassy in Manila. As Slovenia?s representative, the Belgian Embassy has been entrusted with full authority to interview applicants, demand ...
Sen. Manny Villar facilitates repatriation of 13 OFWs, dependent
2008-04-26 23:20:00 Sen. Manuel Villar has facilitated the repatriation of 13 maltreated overseas Filipino workers and a dependent this month. Most of them have already returned to their respective places of origin. With repatriation money provided by Villar, five maltreated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Abu Dhabi finally came home on April 24 after being stranded in ... More About: Manny , Dependent
DFA urged to conduct probes of OFW deaths
2008-04-26 23:20:00 Migrante, an alliance of overseas Filipino workers? organizations based in different countries, is asking the Department of Foreign Affairs to investigate several deaths of overseas Filipino workers. The latest of these is the alleged heart attack of an OFW in Jeddah on March 11, that it charged the Consulate General has not yet investigated. ?We ... More About: Deaths
RP?s passports ICAO compliant
2008-04-26 23:19:00 The Department of Foreign Affairs is giving assurance that the new machine-readable passports (MRPs) it is issuing are tamper-resistant and fully compliant with the standards and requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The Philippine MRPs incorporate security features specifically designed to discourage tampering and improve the integrity of the passport system. Otherwise, tampered ...
Filipino nurses aspiring to work in the US have declined
2008-04-26 12:14:00 MANILA, Philippines - The number of Filipino nurses who applied for work in the United States have declined during the first three months of 2008, compared to the same period last year. Data provided by Catanduanes Representative Joseph Santiago indicated that only 4,686 Filipino nurses took a US-administered exam from January to March 2008, lower ... More About: Work , Nurses
Beware of job offers in Romania using just tourist visas ? POEA
2008-04-26 12:12:00 QUEZON CITY, Philippines - Beware of recruiters who offer jobs in Romania but say that you would have to enter the country first as tourists, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) warned on Saturday. According to a POEA advisory, the recruiters will promise the potential overseas Filipino workers that a work permit will be when they ... More About: Offers , Visas , Tourist
Peso slips to P42-$ 1 level on fears of inflation, soaring oil
2008-04-26 00:17:00 The peso yesterday slipped back to the P42-$ 1 level, after staying within the P40-$ 1 and P41-$ 1 range since the onset of the year, as the financial market became edgy on inflation and interest rates outlook with the price of crude oil skyrocketing to $ 120 per barrel. Market players are now frontloading the ... More About: Inflation , Soaring , Peso , Fears
OFWs shouldn?t be sent to areas with record of abuse - Villar
2008-04-25 23:57:00 DAVAO CITY, Philippines - If he can have it his way, Senate President Manuel Villar will impose an outright ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to countries that have track record of abusive employers. In an interview Friday, Villar said what is more important is for the government to protect the welfare of ... More About: Abuse , Record
Villar brings abused OFW home to Tagum
2008-04-25 23:56:00 DAVAO CITY, Philippines - No less than Senate President Manuel Villar brought overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Fennie Tiletile back into the arms of her family in Tagum City, Davao del Norte after she escaped from her employers in Abu Dhabi last month. Reports said Villar and his wife were in Capetown, South Africa when he decided ... More About: Home , Abused
Group on distressed OFWs: If Villar can do it, why not Arroyo?
2008-04-25 23:55:00 MANILA, Philippines - If Senate President Manny Villar managed to repatriate 14 distressed overseas Filipino workers from Middle East in a short period of time, why can?t President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo do the same? This was the query made by John Leonard Monterona, coordinator of militant Migrante International in the Middle East, as he appealed to the ... More About: Group
Alcano, German in World 8-Ball showdown
2008-04-25 23:18:00 Defending champion Ronnie Alcano won seven of the last eight racks to edge compatriot Dennis Orcollo, 10-9, Thursday and advance into the final of the World 8-Ball Championship in Fujairah City, United Arab Emirates against German y?s Ralf Souquet. Down, 3-8, in the race-to-10 semifinals, Alcano strung up five straight racks to draw level and held his ... More About: Sports
California court convicts a Filipino for killing wife, son
2008-04-25 14:19:00 COMPTON, Calif - A Filipino man convicted of stabbing to death his wife and smothering their 8-year-old son in a Paramount apartment before setting their bodies on fire has been sentenced to life in prison. Deputy District Attorney Ann Park tells The Associated Press a Superior Court judge sentenced 36-year-old Ernesto Acedo on Thursday to 35 ... More About: California , Wife , Killing
Filipina OFW in China gets death sentence
2008-04-24 23:47:00 A Filipina overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in China was sentenced to death for smuggling heroin into that country, the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed Wednesday. Philippine Consul General in Guangzhou Shulan Primavera reported to the Manila office that Marissa Collado, a 40-year-old resident of Bulacan province, was convicted by the Guangzhou Municipal People?s Intermediate Court ... More About: Death , Death Sentence , Sentence
Filipino summer basketball games enters 3rd week
2008-04-24 23:46:00 Three inter-company and three inter-hotel divisional games are scheduled this Friday, April 25, when the FBC-Chikka Grill at Marco Polo Hotel Cup resumes at the Al Nasr Gymnasium. The annual summer basketball tournament of the Filipino community in Dubai and the Northern Emirates is now entering its third week, with Wade Adams facing Bin Hendi/Arpal ... More About: Games , Basketball , Summer , Week
OFWs hit documentary stamp tax on remittance
2008-04-24 23:44:00 BACOLOD CITY, Philippines - Migrante, an alliance of overseas Filipino workers? organizations, said the impending documentary stamp tax (DST) imposition on all international transfers, including OFW remittance, is but another scheme of state exaction burdening OFWs and families. Migrante spokesperson John Monterona told Sun.Star Bacolod in a phone interview that they ?deplore the Congress for formulating ... More About: Documentary , Stamp
Villar wants stiffer penalties vs illegal recruiters, human traffickers
2008-04-24 15:17:00 MANILA, Philippines - After helping in the repatriation of 15 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Middle East, Senate President Manny Villar is now seeking heavier penalties against syndicates involved in human trafficking and illegal recruitment. Villar on Thursday filed Senate Resolution No. 366 which urges the Senate to conduct a comprehensive review of ... More About: Human , Recruitment , Illegal
Gov?t exposes scam to hire Pinoy workers over internet
2008-04-24 03:43:00 Gov’t exposes scam to hire Pinoy workers over internet The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today exposed a spurious hotel, ostensibly operating in the United Kingdom (UK), for its scam to recruit overseas Filipino workers for non-existent hotel jobs such as receptionists, cashiers, waiters, and waitresses in London. “We strongly forewarn unwary OFWs and would-be OFWs, ... More About: Internet , Hire , Workers , Scam
Madonna Decena (from the Philippines) - Britain?s Got Talent 2008
2008-04-23 15:10:00 Madonna Decena blows the judges and audience away on Britain s Got Talent 2008 with a breathtaking performance of this famous Whitney Houston song..Britains Got Talent 2008. But this 33 year-old from the Philippines lived up to her billing, as she wowed the judges and audience with her powerful performance and heart-felt story. Trembling and a little ... More About: Madonna
Pinoys in CNMI to benefit from new immigration bill
2008-04-23 13:53:00 CAPITAL HILL, Saipan - Filipinos who have been in the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) for at least five years may benefit from a new bill that will apply a more permanent immigration status to them. While the bill does not offer permanent residency, resident status, citizenship, or nationality to a resident ... More About: Immigration , Bill , Benefit
BI claims successes vs syndicate at NAIA
2008-04-23 13:52:00 MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Immigration on Wednesday said that it was able to stop 182 passengers, most of them undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), from leaving the country in the first quarter of 2008. The move, the agency said, was part of its bid to curb the escort service racket at the Ninoy Aquino ... More About: Claims , Syndicate
DFA confirms Filipino worker sentenced to death in China
2008-04-23 13:51:00 MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday confirmed that Filipino overseas worker Marissa Collado has been sentenced to death by a Chinese court on drug charges. Shulan Primavera, the Philippine consul general in Guangzhou, said the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Intermediate Court convicted Collado, 40, for the crime of smuggling 1,536 grams of heroin ... More About: China , Death , Sentenced , Worker
2,000 distressed OFWs awaiting repatriation in Mideast - group
2008-04-23 01:41:00 MANILA, Philippines - There are at least 2,000 overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East who are currently awaiting their chance to be repatriated back home, a migrant workers’ organization revealed Tuesday. According to Nhel Morona, secretary-general of Migrante-UAE, most of these distressed OFWs are victims of maltreatment and are enduring harsh condition in different shelter ... More About: Group , Mideast
6 repatriated OFWs from Jordan return to Mindanao
2008-04-23 01:40:00 MANILA, Philippines - Six of the nine underage Filipina workers who were repatriated from Jordan on Monday returned to Cotabato City to be reunited with their families. The girls arrived on Tuesday afternoon and were met by officials from the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA), according to a GMA Flash Report. One of the Filipinas was allowed ... More About: Return , Mindanao
DFA: Belgian Embassy to issue visas for Slovenia
2008-04-22 14:27:00 MANILA, Philippines - Filipinos who want to apply a visa for Slovenia may do so through the Belgian Embassy in Manila. The Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Tuesday that a special arrangement between the Governments of Belgium and Slovenia has allowed this set-up. “As Slovenia ?s representative, the Belgian Embassy has been ... More About: Visas
Recruitment group pushes for no placement fee policy in Guam
More articles from this author:2008-04-22 14:26:00 MANILA, Philippines - An association of recruitment agencies in the Philippines will ask the government to implement a ‘No Placement Fee Policy ’ for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for Guam starting next year. In a statement on Tuesday, Philippine Association of Service Exporters, Inc. (PASEI) president Victor Fernandez said they will recommend the said policy to ... More About: Group , Recruitment 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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