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Stranded OFWs in Saudi face repatriation, or jail
2008-03-17 14:29:00 MANILA, Philippines - Filipino workers who have been stranded in Jeddah will have to suffer the consequences once they are found to have violated laws in Saudi Arabia. Esteban Conejos Jr., undersecretary for migrant workers affairs, said only those whose work permits or visas have expired, or whose jail sentences have been served, would be allowed ... More About: Face , Jail
New ?federalization? bill brings hope to longtime Filipino workers in CNMI
2008-03-17 14:28:00 CAPITOL HILL, Saipan ? A group of nonresident workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), mostly from the Philippines, hopes a new bill in the US Senate seeking to apply federal immigration laws to the CNMI will be passed this time. Jerry Custodio, president of the Human Dignity Movement, told GMANews.TV on Monday ... More About: Workers , Hope , Filipino , Bill
RP, Singapore telecom firms bring OFWs close to home
2008-03-17 14:28:00 MANILA, Philippines - Globe and SingTel bring OFWs in Singapore closer to their loved ones Globe brings two overseas Filipinos working in Singapore closer to their loved ones in the Philippines, allowing them to see and talk to each other no matter how far apart they are. Globe and SingTel united Susana Ibarra of Manila with ... More About: Home , Telecom , Close , Firms
Canada?s high demand for workers makes illegal recruiters active - consulta
2008-03-16 22:15:00 MANILA, Philippines - Expect illegal recruiters to be more active in the provinces to look for victims by offering them quick departures and easy payment schemes for Canada employment. The warning was issued Sunday by recruitment consultant Emmanuel Geslani. He advised job applicants to be very cautious with people posing as recruiters of workers for Canada. Geslani ... More About: Workers , High , Illegal , Active
Brion to ink MOU with Fil-Canadian builders
2008-03-16 14:46:00 Labor Secretary Arturo Brion is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Filipino-Canadian Construction Society (FCCS) for the improvement of training skills of the trainers in TESDA for the construction sector. Amado Mercado, president of FCCS said the MOU to be sign next month would help the Philippine government in addressing the skills requirement ... More About: Canada , Builders
Quebec looking for more OFWs
2008-03-15 21:58:00 Filipino immigrants are a valued part of the community in the Canadian province of Quebec . The province is welcoming more Filipino workers to fill its labor needs. Philippine Ambassador to Canada Jose S. Brillantes visited the provincial capital Quebec City on February 22 to 24 and met with the Filipino community in the city and ...
Musings on the ?strong peso? and the folly of OFW export
2008-03-15 21:57:00 Addressing the impact of the lowering peso value requires more than the mitigating measures government has so far implemented, including the hedge fund set up by the Development Bank of the Philippines, and Malacaņang?s fiscal stimulus program. A year ago, President Gloria Arroyo was hyping the strengthening peso as a validation of her efforts to ... More About: Business , Musings , Export , Strong , Peso
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 ...
Forum on Filipino migration attracts few solons
2008-03-12 22:00:00 MANILA, Philippines - A migrant advocacy group on Wednesday expressed optimism that lawmakers in the House of Representatives would still support measures for the welfare and protection of migrants and overseas Filipino s workers (OFWs). The Manila-based Center for Migrant Advocacy (CMA) noted that only 11 legislators attended on Wednesday in a forum to enhance the awareness ... More About: Forum
Fate of OFW on death row in Kuwait known April 1
2008-03-12 21:59:00 MANILA, Philippines - Kuwait ’s supreme court will decide the fate of a Filipina who had been convicted for the murder of the six-year-old son of her Kuwaiti employer. Foreign Affairs spokesman Claro Cristobal said Kuwait’s Cassation Court (equivalent of the supreme court) will come out with a decision on the appeal of May Vecina, 29. Vecina’s lawyer ... More About: April , Death , Fate
2 dead seamen, 5 survivors in Japan ship collision arriving Thursday
2008-03-12 12:48:00 MANILA, Philippines - The remains of the two Filipino seamen who died in a three-ship collision in Kobe, Japan last week will be repatriated on Thursday , according to the Department of Foreign Affairs. DFA spokesperson Claro Cristobal said on Wednesday said Philippine Consul General in Osaka Maria Lourdes Lopez relayed the information that the bodies of ... More About: Dead , Ship , Survivors
Exploitation of RP nurses in New Zealand justifies Jpepa rejection
2008-03-12 12:46:00 MANILA, Philippines ? The reported exploitation of Filipino nurses in New Zealand gives a reason for the Senate to reject the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement, according to the Philippine Nurses Association. Leah Paquiz, PNA president, said Filipino nurses who would be recruited to Japan under the Jpepa could suffer the same consequences as those brought to ... More About: Exploitation , Rejection
Recruiter posing as POEA employee jailed at Crame
2008-03-12 12:44:00 MANILA, Philippines ? An illegal recruiter introducing herself to victims as an employee of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has fallen into the trap. Ma. Arleth Bongalon Buencosejo promised victims sure jobs in South Korea even without taking the Korean Language Test, claiming she could have it skipped because she has internal access to POEA Administrator ... More About: Employee , Recruitment
Saudi gov?t increases salary of Filipino nurses
2008-03-12 12:43:00 MANILA, Philippines - Starting March 19, Filipino nurses employed by Saudi Arabia?s Ministry of Health will enjoy a 20 to 60 percent salary increase, according to Administrator Rosalinda Baldoz of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration. The present salary of nurses employed by the health ministry ranges from SR 2, 250 to SR4,000 (roughly equivalent to P25,000 ... More About: Salary , Nurses
Aussie firm gets record fine of $174K for exploiting Pinoy, Irish workers
2008-03-12 12:42:00 MANILA, Philippines - An Australia n federal court has fined a construction company in Perth for ?deliberate exploitation” of Filipino and Irish migrant workers. Reports from Australia said Hanssen Pty Ltd was fined $174,000 for 21 breaches of the Workplace Relations Act in relation to the lodgment requirements of the Australian Workplace Agreements. It was said to be ... More About: Workers , Pinoy , Record
RP seeks UN answer on death of Pinoy peacekeeper in Sudan
2008-03-12 12:41:00 MANILA, Philippines?The Philippines is asking the United Nations for answers in connection with the death in October last year of a Filipino Army officer who was reported to have succumbed to malaria while serving as a UN peacekeeper in Sudan . In a press statement from New York, the Philippine Mission to the United Nations said it ... More About: Answer , Death , Pinoy
Greece asks Vincentians in RP to send mission for OFWs
2008-03-11 22:15:00 MANILA, Philippines - A Catholic diocese in Greece has requested the Philippine Province of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) to send missionaries there to attend to pastoral needs of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Fr. Bienvenido M. Disu, CM, provincial superior of the Vincentians, said he has been receiving a number of requests from other countries ... More About: Send
5 Pinays in Saipan sue former employer for discrimination
2008-03-11 22:14:00 GARAPAN, Saipan ? Five female workers from the Philippines filed a lawsuit against their former employer for not renewing their employment contracts in 2004 allegedly due to their old age and national origin. Nenita G. Africa, Adona D. Carino, Emma S. Escobar, Emelita S. Magayaga and Asuncion Sapo, through attorney Steven Woodruff, filed the discrimination complaint ... More About: Discrimination , Employer
Lawmaker pushes loan program for OFWs
2008-03-11 22:13:00 MANILA, Philippines - A congressman pushed on Tuesday for the enactment of a bill that seeks to institutionalize a credit program for overseas workers, replacing a P100-million loan facility that failed in previous years. Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara of Aurora said the proposed Overseas Credit Workers Assistance under House Bill No. 161 intends to provide a ... More About: Loan , Program
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 ... More About: Kuwait , Faces , Death , Pinoy
OFWs continue to defy deployment ban in Lebanon, Jordan
2008-03-10 21:38:00 Filipino workers are still sneaking into Lebanon and Jordan despite a deployment ban in these countries, an official of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said yesterday. Speaking at the weekly Kapihan sa Manila Hotel media forum, OWWA Administrator Marianito Roque said it remains a challenge for the government to reduce the number of illegal ... More About: Deployment
Filipino baby with defective heart repatriated to RP
2008-03-10 21:35:00 MANILA, Philippines - A Filipino baby born with a serious congenital heart defect in Brunei was repatriated to the Philippines last week to undergo an urgent corrective surgery. The Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday night that the baby, born last Jan. 31 at the RIPAS Hospital in Brunei Darussalam, was diagnosed with an operable hole ... More About: Baby , Heart
Recruitment leader raises fear on OFW bank creation
2008-03-10 21:34:00 MANILA, Philippines - A leader of an umbrella organization of licensed recruitment agencies on Monday asked lawmakers to carefully study the proposals to put up a bank for overseas Filipino workers. Lita Hizon, chairman of the Federated Association of Manpower Exporters, expressed her reservations to the pending bill at the Senate and House of Representatives for ... More About: Fear , Bank , Creation , Recruitment , Leader
RP among most corrupt countries
2008-03-10 21:34:00 SINGAPORE: The Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and China are among the most corrupt Asian economies, according to results of a regional poll of expatriate businessmen released Monday. Singapore and Hong Kong retained their rankings as the cleanest economies, the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) said. The annual survey covers only 13 economies in Asia and ... More About: Business , Countries
Pinoy helpers in HK join clamor for wage increase
2008-03-10 12:43:00 MANILA, Philippines– Hundreds of Filipino domestic helpers in Hong Kong joined other migrant workers in protest actions demanding ?substantive” and ?commensurate” wage increase. Foreign domestic workers belonging to the Asian Migrants Coordinating Body said the wage adjustment is justified with Hong Kong?s economy fully resuscitated from an economic crisis. The Hong Kong government imposed two wage cuts ... More About: Hongkong , Join , Pinoy
Abused OFW reunites with daughter after 20 yrs
2008-03-10 12:42:00 MANILA, Philippines - After more than 20 years of separation, 65-year-old Leonora Somera is finally reunited with her only daughter three days after her arrival from Saudi Arabia where she worked as shepherdess. Somera, who was stranded in Jeddah since 2005, excitedly took an Emirates flight home last Thursday and was sent to the Overseas Workers ... More About: Daughter , Abused
Pinoy immigrant accuses Illinois cops of brutality
2008-03-10 12:41:00 PALATINE, Illinois — Stepfather knows best. Chicago?s suburban Palatine, Illinois police officers found this out when they ignored the plea of Rick Holmes to take his stepson, Louie B. Salisid, to the police station instead of the hospital more than a year ago. Salisid, who was 36 at that time, was having a ?mental breakdown” from a ... More About: Pinoy , Cops , Immigrant
Pinoy mom abandons dead baby outside HK mall
2008-03-10 12:39:00 HONG KONG - The police are appealing for information after the body of a newborn girl (not boy as earlier reported) was found in a white paper bag abandoned just outside Worldwide Plaza in Central district on Sunday afternoon. The baby girl was reportedly found by a 41-year-old Filipina who was apparently packing a box to ... More About: Baby , Hongkong , Pinoy , Dead , Mall
HK Express launches HK-Clark flights; more DMIA developments
2008-03-10 12:33:00 San Fernando City, Pampanga - In a bid to tap thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and get a slice of the some 40 million Chinese tourists, Hong Kong Express commences its thrice-a-week flight on March 5, 2008 at the sprawling Disodado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA). HK Express conducts its open-chartered flights to the DMIA for ... More About: Flights
Women OFWs? contributions to national development cited
More articles from this author:2008-03-10 12:29:00 Iloilo City - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently cited the contributions of women Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to national development as the country observes Women ’s Month this March. Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo Brion noted that the contributions of women OFWs to development in terms of remittances that helped push last year’s record ... More About: National , Development , Contributions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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