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12 outstanding Filipinos honored in Qatar
2009-06-17 14:27:00 Office secretary Edward Tan found 30,000 Qatar i riyals or almost P400,000 at a parking lot in Doha, Qatar and decided to return the money to the authorities. His honest gesture was not left unnoticed. The Philippine Independence Organizing Committee honored Tan and 11 other Filipinos during the opening ceremony of the Philippine Independence Day celebrations at ... More About: Outstanding
BSP says RP economy remains stable despite global crisis
2009-06-17 12:48:00 The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Tuesday said that the country’s economy remains stable inspite of the current global financial turmoil. “Kung ating natatandaan sa mga nagdaang araw, ang ating ekonomiya ay nananatiling matatag inspite of global crisis (If we can recall in the past days, our economy remains stable inspite of global crisis),” ... More About: Economy , Global , Crisis
Remittance, ERP to help boost RP economy this year - BSP
2009-06-17 12:47:00 Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. believes the domestic economy can withstand the global slowdown and continue to post growth this year. This even after the government further revised downward its 2009 growth target while the International Monetary Fund (IMF) now see a one percent contraction for the Philippines economy this year. ... More About: Economy , Boost , Year
Another Filipino nurse in KSA found with A(H1N1)
2009-06-17 06:08:00 A Filipino nurse in Saudi Arabia was reported to be among the new A(H1N1) cases there, an online news site reported Wednesday. Khaleej Times reported the Filipino nurse, whose name was withheld, is working at the King Fahd National Guard Hospital in Riyadh. It said the nurse was among three new cases of A(H1N1) in Riyadh, Dhahran ... More About: Nurse
?Swine flu? cases reach 247 in RP
2009-06-17 06:06:00 Health authorities on Tuesday reported 54 new confirmed cases of Influenza A(H1N1) flu virus in the country. The Philippines? now has 247 confirmed cases of the flu?although mostly mild ones?making it the 12th country with the most number of cases among the 76 countries that reported confirmed cases of A(H1N1), according to the reports. Based on the ... More About: Reach , Cases
3 Filipinas rescued from prostitution den in Malaysia
2009-03-20 01:59:00 Three Filipinas were rescued recently from a prostitution den in Malaysia , Senator Manuel Villar has said. Villar said Grace, Evelyn, and Rhea were rescued by officials of the Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, with the help of Malaysian authorities, from a house in Kuching where they were locked up. Embassy officials reportedly got the information about the ... More About: Prostitution
Filipino arrested for trying to import child porn to Australia
2009-03-20 01:58:00 A 49-year-old Filipino man has been arrested in Australia for allegedly trying to bring in child pornography, an online report said on Wednesday. The West Australian said that the suspect was stopped by Customs and Border Protection at the Perth International Airport last Friday after arriving on a flight from Singapore. The report said that child pornography ... More About: Arrested , Child , Import
Group questions assignment of RP police attaché to KSA
2009-03-20 01:57:00 A migrants rights group on Thursday questioned the Philippine government?s priorities in assigning a police attaché to Saudi Arabia instead of providing more legal experts to assist the numerous cases of distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The Hongkong based Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APPM) said Senior Supt. Jimmy L. Manabat of the Philippine National Police ... More About: Questions , Group
OFW money may drop, cutting growth targets
2009-03-20 01:56:00 Money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) may drop by as much as a third this year, cutting consumption demand and compromising the country?s growth goals. Remittances may decline to $11.4 billion for 2009, Citibank said during its Asia-Pacific market analysis held on Thursday. The cited figure is approximately 30 percent lower than 2008?s ... More About: Economy , Money , Growth , Drop , Cutting
UAE, RP agencies ink labor training accord
2009-03-18 16:30:00 A Philippine agency and a United Arab Emirates (UAE) “counterpart” have signed an agreement for the training and certification of Filipino welders, online news site Khaleej Times (www.khaleejtimes.com) reported. Philippine-based Primary Skills Incorporated (PSI) in Manila and the Middle East Industrial Training Institute (MEITI) based in UAE signed the agency agreement March 12, at the Philippine ... More About: Labor , Agencies , Accord
New Zealand: Luring or repelling Filipino nurses?
2009-03-18 16:29:00 New Zealand : Luring or repelling Filipino nurses? KIMBERLY JANE T. TAN, GMANews.TV Amid speculations that New Zealand is cutting down on foreign workers, the island country is still marketing itself to be a ?choice” destination country for overseas Filipino workers (OFW). Currently, OFWs in New Zealand are faced with the alleged tightening of registration for foreign nurses, taking ... More About: New Zealand , Nurses
Japan eyes RP as lay-up haven for ships
2009-03-18 16:27:00 Japan eyes RP as lay-up haven for ships MARK JOSEPH UBALDE, GMANews.TV Japan is eyeing the Philippines to become the lay-up haven of their international vessels as the global economic crisis continues to slowdown demand on imported products. Labor Secretary Marianito Roque told reporters in a press briefing in Manila on Wednesday that Japanese ship owners are hinting ... More About: Japan , Eyes , Ships , Haven
Qatar Labor Ministry rejects OFWs? complaints
2009-03-17 13:27:00 Qatar?s Ministry of Labor has rejected the complaints filed some Filipino workers against Woolim-Hyundai Engineering on grounds that their contracts were not valid, Migrante-Middle East said on Tuesday. John Leonardo Monterona, Migrante Middle East coordinator, said in an e-mail that OFW Gil Lebria and other several co-workers visited the Labor Ministry in the capital city of ... More About: Qatar
Remittance growth flat in January, BSP reports
2009-03-17 02:53:00 Remittance growth flat in January , BSP reports RUBY ANNE M. RUBIO, GMANews.TV Money sent home by Filipinos working abroad decelerated in January with sea-based workers keeping remittances afloat amid global economic slowdown that has displaced some land-based workers in the United States. Remittances managed to grow by 0.1 percent year-on-year to $1.27 billion from $1.26 billion ?despite the ... More About: Economy , Growth , Flat
Laid off Pinoy cook arrested for Dubai theft
2009-03-17 02:27:00 A Filipino cook was arrested in the United Arab Emirates for pocketing more than 22,000 dirhams (Dh) or roughly 286,000 pesos from his former employer using duplicate keys. An online report from Gulf News said the Filipino was arrested by Dubai ’s Criminal Investigation Department in the Port Saeed area but retrieved from him only a total ... More About: Arrested , Pinoy , Theft , Cook
Number of Pinoy caregivers allowed to enter Canada cut by half
2009-03-04 08:15:00 The number of Filipino caregivers being allowed to enter Canada to work has been slashed almost in half, a report said on Tuesday. The Toronto Sun report cited data from Immigration Canada showing that the rejection rate at the Canadian visa office in Manila for Filipino caregivers rose from 35 percent in 2006 to 66 percent ... More About: Pinoy , Enter , Half , Number
Laid off OFWs reaches 5,774 - POEA
2009-03-04 05:14:00 Laid off OFWs reaches 5,774 - POEA report KIMBERLY JANE T. TAN, GMANews.TV The number of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who lost their jobs due to the global economic crisis has reached 5,774, data from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) showed. As of February 24, a total of 5,774 Filipino workers have been laid off from their ...
Groups raise funds for injured Filipino biker in Qatar
2009-03-04 05:13:00 Various Filipino and American groups raised funds totaling to QR 6,818 or more than P90,000 for an injured Filipino big bike rider in Qatar , an online report said. The Peninsula reported that injured biker Melvin Yadao was teary-eyed when he received the ceremonial check showing the amount of money raised and signatures of support from ... More About: Biker , Funds , Groups
Labor chief asked to look into use of POLO office in Doha as male quarters
2009-03-04 05:09:00 Migrante International?s Middle East chapter on Tuesday asked Labor Secretary Marianito Roque to look into complaints that part of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Doha , Qatar are being used as male quarters for its staff on the same compound where female distressed OFWs are temporarily seeking refuge. John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator, ... More About: Chief
?Octomom? gets support from Fil-Ams in California
2009-03-03 02:27:00 LOS ANGELES ? Giving birth to octuplets is news enough. But since a team of 46 physicians and other staff members at the Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bellflower helped an unemployed single mother deliver her eight kids last January 26, the human interest news has evolved into a public debate on reproductive ethics, moral aptitude, ... More About: California , Support
Free computer courses for Filipinos in UAE
2009-03-03 02:26:00 As part of the Philippine government?s effort to ease the impact of the global financial crisis, at least seven hundred Filipinos working and residing in Dubai and Northern Emirates, would benefit from free computer courses. The free computer lessons would take place in Rewaq Cultural Centre in Al Twar 2 and at Abu Bakr Assiddiq Islamic ... More About: Computer , Free
455 OFWs in Saipan avail of free health screening
2009-03-03 02:25:00 455 OFWs in Saipan avail of free health screening HAIDEE V. EUGENIO, GMANews.TV SUSUPE, Saipan ? At least 455 overseas Filipino workers in the US island of Saipan received free health screening organized by the Philippine Consulate General and participated in by Filipino volunteer doctors and nurses on Sunday. Of the 455 OFWs, 374 underwent blood pressure and ... More About: Health , Free , Screening
Pinoy kid becomes first-ever US citizen outside America
2009-03-03 02:24:00 CHICAGO, Illinois - Seven -year-old Martin Miles Ulsano has never set foot in United States soil. But he gained the distinction last Friday (Feb. 27) of being the first child ever to become a US citizen in a country outside America . Martin was born in Japan to Eugeline and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Caesar Ulsano, ... More About: Pinoy , Citizen
OFW abandoned by employer in Saudi Arabia needs help getting out of ICU
2009-03-03 02:23:00 Relatives of an ailing Filipino worker currently confined at an intensive care unit (ICU) of a Riyadh hospital appealed to embassy officials to provide the necessary assistance to facilitate his discharge from the hospital. The hospital bill of Eduardo Reyes, 62, at the in Shemaisy Hospital has reached SAR 16,000 or P208,000 (SAR1=PhP13), according to his ... More About: Saudi , Saudi Arabia , Employer , Arabia , Abandoned
Call center agents beat unemployment woes
2009-03-03 02:16:00 Their desire to be with their families while earning good income at the same time, top their choices, when they could have otherwise earned better salaries abroad or somewhere else. For their choice to remain in the country, they could have joined the unemployed segment. But not with call center agents, like Sharon Acusta, 30, ... More About: Agents , Employment , Unemployment , Call , Center
Filipinos top tipplers in Southeast Asia?DOH
2009-02-28 02:13:00 Filipinos have been adjudged as the heaviest consumers of alcoholic beverages in Southeast Asia , a study commissioned by the Department of Health (DOH) revealed. According to the DOH, Filipinos are the top ?spirit? drinkers in Southeast Asia , with 11 percent of the population aged 15 to 74 found to be regular drinkers. The report also ... More About: Filipinos
Industry Jobs Contract for A Fifth Quarter
2009-02-28 02:11:00 EMPLOYMENT generated by Philippine industries in the third quarter of last year fell for a fifth consecutive three-month period, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) reported Friday. The agency said total employment in industries declined by 2.7 percent in the July to September period last year. The contraction was worse than the 0.3-percent fall in ... More About: Economy , Industry , Jobs , Contract , Quarter
JPEPA secures Japan jobs Nurses, caregivers to get first crack
2009-02-28 02:07:00 President Gloria Arroyo announced on Friday that Filipino health workers could now work in Japan starting April through the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). ?For the first time, Japan will accept foreign health workers, our very much in demand Filipino nurses and care workers,? the President said in her speech during the 28th joint meeting ... More About: Jobs , Crack , Nurses
OFW layoffs in Taiwan ceased in February
2009-02-27 05:23:00 The massive firing of Filipino workers in Taiwan has stopped, at least for the month of hearts. The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO), the country?s de-facto embassy in Taiwan, reported that employers have been convinced to halt the lay offs and instead enter into flexible work programs. ?Meco also negotiated with the Taiwan Council on ... More About: February
Self-defense seminar held for OFWs in Israel
More articles from this author:2009-02-27 05:23:00 Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) attended a seminar on self-defense in Israel recently, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday. An article on the DFA Web site (www.dfa.gov.ph) said Philippine Ambassador Petronila Garcia also attended the seminar facilitated by arnis instructors in Israel. Jon Escudero, arnis master instructor (guro); Neta Shermister and arnis practitioners in Israel taught ... More About: Defense , Seminar , Self-Defense , Held 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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