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OWWA berated for overcharging OFWs in 2007
2008-04-30 14:47:00 MANILA, Philippines - The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Wednesday got a tongue-lashing from a senior member of the House of Representatives for allegedly overcharging Filipino migrants on OWWA membership fee. During the public hearing of the House Committee on Overseas Filipino, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman scored OWWA, represented in the hearing by lawyer Venus ...
10,000 OFWs in CNMI to benefit as US House OKs immigration bill
2008-04-30 10:46:00 CAPITAL HILL, Saipan - The US House of Representatives passed on Tuesday in Washington, DC (Wednesday morning in Manila) an omnibus bill applying federal immigration law in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) which is seen to improve the immigration status of about 10,000 overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) there. Majority of the House ... More About: Immigration , Bill , Benefit
Budget department warns OFWs vs text scam
2008-04-30 00:14:00 MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Budget and Management on Tuesday warned overseas Filipino workers and their families against a promotional scam through text messaging. Lucy Castro emailed GMANews.TV about a text message she received indicating that she won $40,000 in the electronics raffle draw ?Pangkabuhayan 2008 para sa Kababayang OFW/OCW.” Castro said the message was allegedly ... More About: Text , Scam
Balikbayan nabbed for illegal recruitment
2008-04-30 00:13:00 MANILA, Philippines - A convicted illegal recruiter who managed to slip out of the country was arrested Monday by elements of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at the airport when she returned to the country, according to GMA’s 24 Oras Tuesday. During the media presentation at the NBI office Tuesday, illegal recruiter Coney Bernaldez come face ... More About: Recruitment , Illegal
Child porn from RP seized from ex-US math teacher
2008-04-30 00:12:00 SAN FRANCISCO - A former Math teacher lost his bid on Monday to protect his laptop computer ? allegedly containing child pornography taken in the Philippines ? from being searched at an airport. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected Michael Timothy Arnold?s claim that the US Customs and Border Patrol of ... More About: Child , Teacher
Pinay tagged as mastermind in $30-M bank scam
2008-04-29 12:07:00 CHICAGO, Illinois– A former US Air Force enlisted man who was sentenced to 41 months in prison in connection with a $30-million scheme to defraud a US-based bank, tagged a Filipina as the mastermind of the scheme. Daniel Curran, 53, who was sentenced last April 23 by the US District Court of Columbia said Marilyn Ong ... More About: Pinay , Tagged , Bank , Scam
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
Foreign maids like Taiwan, HK more than Singapore
2008-04-29 12:06:00 Foreign maids like Taiwan , HK more than Singapore SINGAPORE: Fewer foreign maids are choosing to work in Singapore, with those from Indonesia and the Philippines now preferring places like Hong Kong and Taiwan, a survey showed Monday. Local English daily The Straits Times reported that a check with 20 maid agencies reveals that the higher pay ... More About: Foreign
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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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