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11,000 OFWs in Hong Kong sign petition vs. direct hiring ban
2009-02-10 09:58:00 About 1,000 members of the United Filipinos in Hong Kong (Unifil-Migrante-HK) and SKRAP the Ban coalition trooped to the Philippine Consulate General on Monday to submit a petition against a ban on direct hiring of overseas Filipino workers. The petition, signed by more than 11,000 OFWs, said that contrary to its avowed purpose, the ban does ... More About: Hongkong , Direct , Petition , Hiring
Displaced OFWs avail of OWWA?s help desk
2009-02-10 09:52:00 As of February 4, some 27 displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) of this region have availed of the services of the Help Desk set up by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in step with the government efforts to help OFWs adversely affected by the global crisis. OWWA 6 Family Welfare Officer Rizza Mapa said ... More About: Help Desk
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 ... More About: Sleeping
Filipino family in Israel faces deportation
2009-02-04 10:50:00 A Filipino family residing in Israel is facing possible deportation after the mother was discovered to have entered the country illegally in 1996, an online news report said Wednesday. The Haaretz.com report said Christopher and Lorna Cruz is petitioning Israel’s Supreme Court to allow them and their 11-year-old son, Rabbi Eliezer, to stay in the country ... More About: Family , Faces , Deportation
Pinoys in Saudi want changes in OAV registration sked
2009-02-04 02:57:00 Pinoys in Saudi want changes in OAV registration sked By JULIE By: JAVELLANA-SANTOS, abs-cbnNEWS.com Filipino overseas workers in Saudi Arabia are complaining about the schedule in the registration of overseas absentee voters. Francis Oca, long-time advocate of overseas absentee voting (OAV) said in a letter to Philippine ambassador to Saudi Arabia Antonio Villamor that ?the announced schedule/timing of ... More About: Registration
400,000 jobs still available for Filipinos abroad ? POEA
2009-02-04 02:50:00 Despite a recession-hit job market, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has said that there are still 400,000 jobs available for Filipinos abroad. “Roughly we still have a balance of 400,000 or so job orders worldwide, these are job orders or requests from employers abroad for workers from the Philippines,” POEA Administrator Jennifer Manalili said . She ... More About: Jobs
OFWs in Saudi Arabia find OAV registration schedule ?impractical?
2009-02-04 02:48:00 JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - The registration for overseas absentee voting (OAV) for the 2010 Philippine elections has started in Saudi Arabia , but very few have reportedly signed up so far. In Jeddah, only three registered on the first day despite the long period for an information campaign. Nonetheless, Consul Leo Tito Ausan, OAV chairman at the Philippine ... More About: Schedule , Find
Pinays marry foreigners for money not love
2009-02-04 02:47:00 Pinays marry foreigners for money not love By: CHERYL ARCIBAL, GMANews.TV The inability of the Philippine economy to produce high-paying jobs especially for women has pushed Filipinos to marry foreigners as a way to provide for their families, the study Country Gender Assessment by regional lender Asian Development Bank said. The number of Filipinos marrying foreigners have also ... More About: Society , Love , Money , Marry , Foreigners
Arroyo cuts red tape for livelihood programs of displaced OFWs
2009-02-04 02:46:00 President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Monday night ordered Labor Secretary Marianito Roque to simplify the implementation of the livelihood and job matching programs of displaced Filipino workers abroad. Mrs. Arroyo issued the marching order during a meeting with the Filipino community at the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh. She arrived in Riyadh Monday night from Milan ... More About: Programs , Livelihood , Cuts , Red Tape
Central bank uncovers remittance scam using credit cards
2009-02-04 02:40:00 Central bank uncovers remittance scam using credit cards By Maricel E. Burgonio, Manila Times The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has uncovered a modus operandi used in defrauding remittance agents in the Philippines of money transfers from abroad, prompting it to call on banks and remittance agents in the country to strengthen their policy on remittance tie-ups ... More About: Credit Cards , Credit , Bank , Central , Cards
TESDA offers free training for laid-off workers
2009-02-03 02:26:00 With the series of lay-offs by crisis-stricken companies seen to last for some time, the government is urging people to upgrade their skills for the workplace through training. According to Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director-General Augusto Syjuco, the export, electronics and manufacturing industries will continue to suffer from the steep decline in product ... More About: Workers , Training , Free , Offers
TESDA offers free training for laid-off workers
2009-02-03 02:26:00 With the series of lay-offs by crisis-stricken companies seen to last for some time, the government is urging people to upgrade their skills for the workplace through training. According to Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director-General Augusto Syjuco, the export, electronics and manufacturing industries will continue to suffer from the steep decline in product ... More About: Workers , Training , Free , Offers
Arroyo attends mass with Pinoy community in Milan
2009-02-03 02:25:00 Thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) welcomed and shook hands with President Arroyo during her first working visit to Milan in Italy . Despite the cold weather, Mrs. Arroyo attended Sunday mass with the Filipino community at the historic 14th century gothic Duomo Cathedral in Milan. The President was accompanied by Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, Trade and Industry ... More About: Community , Pinoy , Mass
Arroyo attends mass with Pinoy community in Milan
2009-02-03 02:25:00 Thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) welcomed and shook hands with President Arroyo during her first working visit to Milan in Italy . Despite the cold weather, Mrs. Arroyo attended Sunday mass with the Filipino community at the historic 14th century gothic Duomo Cathedral in Milan. The President was accompanied by Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, Trade and Industry ... More About: Community , Pinoy , Mass
Unemployment benefit bill for displaced OFWs filed
2009-02-03 02:24:00 A bill seeking to create an unemployment benefit package worth P50,000 for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the global financial crisis has been filed before the House of Representatives. Gabriela Women?s Party Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan filed the bill on Monday with Migrante International and some OFWs retrenched in Taiwan. “This package is the government’s way to ... More About: Unemployment , Bill , Benefit
Unemployment benefit bill for displaced OFWs filed
2009-02-03 02:24:00 A bill seeking to create an unemployment benefit package worth P50,000 for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the global financial crisis has been filed before the House of Representatives. Gabriela Women?s Party Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan filed the bill on Monday with Migrante International and some OFWs retrenched in Taiwan. “This package is the government’s way to ... More About: Unemployment , Bill , Benefit
OWWA: 5,000 OFWs displaced by global crisis
2009-02-03 02:23:00 More than 5,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in 10 host destinations have been displaced by the global economic crisis. According to Carmelita Dimzon, Administrator of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), there are now 5,036 Filipino migrant workers displaced by the crisis. ?As of January 28, there were 5,036 OFWs who were displaced from Taiwan, Australia, Brunei, ... More About: Global , Crisis
Arroyo to discuss rights, job prospects in Bahrain
2009-02-03 02:16:00 MANILA, Philippines - President Arroyo will discuss rights of Filipino workers in Bahrain while pushing for more job opportunities during her visit there Tuesday. Online news site Khaleej Times reported that Philippine embassy councilor general Jose Burgos said the talks will involve the rights of some 40,000 Filipinos. “We have only less than 3,000 Filipino domestic workers ... More About: Rights
More Filipinos expecting better life in 2009, reports SWS
2009-02-03 02:09:00 More Filipinos expecting better life in 2009, reports SWS By Rommel C. Lontayao, Manila Times More Filipinos are optimistic about their lives getting better this year compared to those who expect it to become worse, a survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) found out. The survey results revealed that 30 percent of adult Filipinos expect their ... More About: Society , Life , Better Life
Recto sees 500,000 new jobs this year - But says 800,000 workers are ?vulne
2009-02-03 02:07:00 Recto sees 500,000 new jobs this year - But says 800,000 workers are ?vulnerable? to crisis By GENALYN KABILING & RAYMUND F. ANTONIO - Manila Bulletin The government could only create 500,000 new job opportunities this year, not enough to meet the demand for domestic employment amid a sluggish world economy, an economic manager of President Arroyo ... More About: Workers , Jobs , Employment , Year , Sees
Alcantara, RP?s newest sports hero, offered US scholarships
2009-02-03 02:05:00 The future looks bright for Francis Casey Alcantara after becoming the first Filipino to win a Grand Slam title ? in the doubles of the Australian Open Junior Championships in Melbourne. The country?s top junior player said yesterday he?s being offered college scholarships in the United States to support both his studies and a budding ... More About: Sports , Tennis , Hero , Scholarships
Public warned on modus operandi of illegal recruiters
2009-02-02 10:54:00 Be bright. Don’t be victimized (Maging Matalino. Huwag Paloko). This is the warning issued by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration as it cautioned the public on the proliferation of illegal recruiters. In order to avoid being victims of illegal recruiters the public must make sure that the recruiter has a license, has a job order ... More About: Public , Illegal
An OFW?s short-lived dream, shattered family
2008-05-06 14:59:00 MANILA, Philippines- She left the country full of dreams not for herself but for her family. Because of the dearth of jobs in the country, she was tempted to try her luck as a domestic helper in Saudi Arabia. She, like a lot of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), suffered in the hands of her foreign ... More About: Family , Dream , Short , Lived
No Pinoy hurt in cyclone that hit Myanmar - DFA
2008-05-06 14:58:00 MANILA, Philippines- There is no Filipino casualty in Myanmar after a deadly cyclone swept across the country killing 100,000 people in its wake, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to Foreign Affairs spokesperson Claro Cristobal, Philippine Ambassador to Myanmar Noel Cabrera reported that he has not received information that a Filipino was missing, injured ... More About: Hurt , Pinoy , Cyclone
More Filipinos to get poorer?ADB
2008-05-06 00:30:00 THE soaring domestic food prices will increase the number of poor Filipinos and will spoil the government?s fiscal situation as well as the domestic economy, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned. In Madrid, the bank?s governing body met Monday to discuss new strategies to fight poverty and better serve its members in the Asia Pacific region. ... More About: Business
Better work conditions for OFWs in Malaysia sought
2008-05-06 00:29:00 MANILA, Philippines- Philippine officials will push for the improved working conditions of about 200,000 Filipinos employed in Malaysia during the two-day visit of Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim in the country starting on Tuesday. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) assured that it would seek improvements in the treatment and working environment ... More About: Work , Conditions
Welfare of OFWs in Laos is focus of Deputy PM visit to RP
2008-05-05 13:06:00 MANILA, Philippines - The welfare of Filipino workers in Laos will top the agenda of the two-day visit to the Philippines of Laos’ Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sisoulith Thongloun. In a statement posted Monday on the Department of Foreign Affairs website, the department said the minister’s visit was to take place Monday and Tuesday. It ... More About: Focus , Visit , Welfare
Group accuses OWWA of P70-million fund misuse
2008-05-05 13:05:00 MANILA, Philippines - A migrant workers? group claimed that the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration?s (OWWA) admission that it lost about P70 million in pre-departure loans extended to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) was merely a cover-up to the agency?s ineptitude in managing its funds. John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-Middle East (Migrante-ME) regional coordinator, said Labor officials used the ... More About: Fund , Million , Group
Pinoys in CNMI pin hope on passage of immigration bill
2008-05-05 13:04:00 GARAPAN, Saipan - Mang Rey, not his real name, has been working as a cashier and sales clerk for 21 years on Saipan, the capital of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a chain of US-territory islands in Micronesia. Despite being employed here for more than two decades, the 54-year-old native of Batangas fears ... More About: Immigration , Hope , Bill
Aeronautics board to provide more Middle East flights
More articles from this author:2008-05-05 00:33:00 MANILA, Philippines - The Civil Aeronautics Board s (CAB) has assured local recruitment companies of providing additional flights in the next two months to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) bound for the Middle East as it addresses the current shortage in airline seats. During a hearing in Congress, lawyer Carmelo Arcilla, CAB executive director said two Middle East ... More About: Flights 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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