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Filipino nurse molested in Bangalore
2008-04-11 14:46:00 MANILA, Philippines ? A Filipino working as a nurse in London charged a hotel employee in India with sexual molestation while she was taking a vacation in Bangalore last week. The Times of India reported on Friday that Klondy Ramirez, 38, was attacked by a man named Srikanth, an employee of the Stay Inn service apartments ... More About: Nurse
2 ?suicide? victims in HK to be home April 15- DFA
2008-04-11 14:44:00 MANILA, Philippines-The remains of two Filipina domestic helpers who separately jumped out of their employers’ high-rise apartments in Hong Kong last Monday will be repatriated to the country on Tuesday. Melba Alava Pardua, 50, and Carolina Agabin Dacqui, 31, both from Isabela province, died after leaping out of their respective employers’ homes for still unknown reasons. Philippine ... More About: April , Hongkong , Home , Suicide , Victims
Missing Pinoy in 3-ship collision in Japan recovered
2008-04-11 00:09:00 MANILA, Philippines ? The remains of one of the two missing seamen in the three-ship collision in Japan on March 5 had been found, and will be brought back to Manila on Friday. Claro Cristobal, spokesman of the Department of Foreign Affairs, said Philippine Consul General in Osaka Maria Lourdes Ramiro-Lopez reported that the Japan Coast ... More About: Pinoy , Missing , Ship , Collision
Pinay dead, 7 others injured in Thailand road accident
2008-04-08 23:51:00 UDON THANI, Thailand - A Filipino woman was killed and seven other persons from the Philippines were injured in a road accident while on their way to the border between Thailand and Laos on Monday, according to the operator of the van which was transporting the Filipinos to the border. The lone fatality was said to ... More About: Accident , Pinay , Dead , Road
2 RP embassy staff in Jordan accused of ?harassing? OFWs
2008-04-08 23:49:00 MANILA, Philippines-Two Filipino sisters allegedly mistreated in Jordan while working as domestic helpers have accused two Philippine embassy employees there of pressuring them to shell out US$1,500 plus airfare costs to be reimbursed to their recruiter before acting on their requests to be repatriated back home. In an e-mail to GMANews.TV Tuesday, Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator ... More About: Embassy , Staff
French ship with 6 Filipinos hijacked
2008-04-08 23:48:00 Six Filipino seafarers were held hostage by unknown parties following the hijacking of the Le Ponant, a French cruise vessel where the Filipinos are working, last April 4 in international waters in the Gulf of Aden, the Department of Foreign affairs said Tuesday. The six hostages are five males and one female. Undersecretary for Foreign ... More About: Somalia , Ship
Hiring of OFWs up 13.6%
2008-04-08 23:47:00 The ongoing construction boom in various countries has given more opportunities to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to work abroad. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) yesterday reported a dramatic 13.6 percent growth in the deployment of Filipino workers to various countries in the first quarter of the year. POEA chief Rosalinda Baldoz said the number ... More About: Hiring
Migrants? group condemns murder of Pinay in Tokyo
2008-04-08 10:01:00 MANILA, Philippines - The Migrante chapter in Japan condemned on Tuesday the gruesome murder of 22-year-old Filipina Honiefaith Ratilla Kamiosawa whose mutilated body was found in an apartment in Tokyo last Friday. ?We demand that justice be served for the victim and her family,” Migrante-Japan spokesperson Donna Beltran said in a press statement. Japanese police arrested ... More About: Murder , Pinay , Group
Filipinos to resume work in Jordan after abuse row
2008-04-08 00:20:00 AMMAN: Jordan and the Philippines agreed on Sunday to lift a two-month freeze on the employment of Filipino household workers in the kingdom, following allegations of abuse, which Amman has denied. ?The two sides have agreed on the freeze, but reached an agreement to end it around two or three days ago,? Jordanian Labor Minister ... More About: Abuse , Work , Resume , Filipinos
Ban on deployment of OFWs to Jordan remains ? DOLE
2008-04-08 00:19:00 The ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Jordan remains, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday. Acting Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said that contrary to reports, the Philippine government has not lifted the deployment ban. ?I have not lifted the deployment ban and I have not issued any order that would ... More About: Deployment , Dole
Applying for passport now more convenient for OFWs
2008-04-07 09:07:00 MANILA, Philippines - Beginning April 15, Filipinos applying for jobs abroad can already apply for passports at the Department of Foreign Affairs satellite office located at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration in Mandaluyong City. Processing fee is at P500 for 14-working day processing. If you want to claim your passport within seven working days, there is ... More About: Passport
Ban in sending DH to Jordan lifted
2008-04-07 09:06:00 MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government has reportedly decided to lift the ban in the deployment of domestic helpers to Jordan on condition that work contracts would have to be approved by the embassy and the Filipinos would receive a minimum monthly salary of $400. Amjad Weshah, director of recruitment of the Jordan labor ministry, made ... More About: Sending , Lifted
Hong Kong OFWS to get raise in pay
2008-04-07 00:04:00 The government of Hong Kong will announce a moderate increase in the wage rates of foreign domestic workers not later than June 2008, which is expected to benefit Filipino workers there, the labor department said. Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said that Hong Kong authorities are waiting for the statistical data on consumer price index, gross ... More About: Hongkong
Pinoys in CNMI petition US Congress, UN for permanent immigration status
2008-04-06 09:56:00 GARAPAN, Saipan - Filipinos on Saipan joined foreign workers from other Asian countries in petitioning the US Congress , the US Department of the Interior, and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to grant long-time guest workers in the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) a permanent immigration status. In a two-hour prayer vigil ... More About: Immigration , Petition , Status , Permanent
More workers needed for the Middle East
2008-04-05 23:40:00 THE Philippines is running out of skilled workers as more jobs in the Middle East were opened as the construction sector is having another boom in this part of the world. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia alone is asking the Philippine government to fill up some 300,000 different positions this year. Other countries like United ... More About: Workers , The Middle East
Pinoy community marks RP-Denmark relations
2008-04-05 23:39:00 Philippine-Denmark relations marked its 60th anniversary on April 4 at celebrations in the Bella Center in Copenhagen, with an evening of dance, exhibitions, and cuisine. The event was organized by Philippine Ambassador to Norway Victoria Bataclan, the Department of Tourism, and the Filipino community in Denmark. The event?s highlight was a gala and matinee performances ... More About: Community , Pinoy , Relations , Marks
OFWs recover some NT$26.29M in money claims in Taiwan in 2007
2008-04-05 23:39:00 The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taipei has helped thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) deployed in Taiwan to recover nearly NT$26.29 million (P33.72 million) in monetary claims from brokers and employers last year. According to MECO Managing Director and Resident Representative Antonio Basilio, the recovered amount represented unpaid and delayed wages, illegal ... More About: Money , Claims
OFWs hold Zero Remittance Day, send delegation to UN
2008-04-05 23:38:00 Citing its many issues raised with the Philippine government, militant overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) groups held their Zero Remittance Day on Saturday, April 5. It was the 61st birthday of President Gloria Arroyo. It was the second time that this protest action was held. It was first held in early March in Hong Kong, primarily ... More About: Send , Hold
Puentevella to help Pinay in Kuwait
2008-04-05 23:37:00 President Arroyo has tapped Bacolod Congressman and Philippine Olympic Committee official Monico Puentevella to help negotiate for the freedom of May Vecina, the Filipina domestic helper who was recently convicted for killing the child of her employer in Kuwait last year. Puentevella, also the chef-de-mission of the RP delegation to the forthcoming Beijing Olympics, yesterday ... More About: Pinay
3 Pinoys arrested in LA for alleged human smuggling
2008-04-05 00:16:00 LOS ANGELES?Authorities say the leaders of a human smuggling operation have been arrested on suspicion of bringing fake taekwondo athletes from the Philippines. Agents from the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday announced the arrests of three Filipinos on suspicion of smuggling workers into the US. Authorities say Philippine nationals Rodolfo Deafeliz and assistant ... More About: Arrested , Human , Smuggling
Torso believed to be of missing Pinoy found in Tokyo apartment
2008-04-05 00:15:00 dismembered torso believed to be that of a missing Filipino woman was found in a paper bag inside her apartment in Minato-ku, Tokyo , online Mainichi Weekly reported Thursday. The discovery of the torso by another Filipino living in the same apartment sparked a search for the missing woman, the report said. According to the report, the ... More About: Japan , Pinoy , Missing
Philippine protesters stage Tibet rally outside Chinese Embassy
2008-04-05 00:13:00 A Tibet an student and 30 Filipino supporters staged a rally outside the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines on Friday to protest China ?s crackdown in Tibet. The protesters unfurled banners saying ?Free Tibet Now,? ?Stop Military Suppression in Tibet,? and ?Respect Human Rights in Tibet? in front of the embassy in the financial district of Makati ... More About: Protesters , Rally
42 of 200 OFWs stranded in Jeddah to return to RP next week
2008-04-04 13:52:00 At least 42 of the 200 stranded Filipino workers in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia are expected to return to the Philippines Thursday next week, according to Vice President Noli de Castro. In a press statement, De Castro, also presidential adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), said the first batch of stranded OFWs in Jeddah would arrive at ... More About: Week , Return
Watch against OWWA fund misuse for 2010 polls, group urges
2008-04-03 23:19:00 MANILA, Philippines ? An advocacy group of migrants? rights raised serious apprehension on Thursday that the estimated P10 billion funds entrusted to the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA) would again be used to finance the campaign of administration candidates in the 2010 elections. Ellene Sana, executive director of the Center for Migrants Advocacy (CMA), pressed ... More About: Watch , Polls , Fund , Group
161 retrenched OFWs in Namibia back in RP
2008-04-03 13:55:00 MANILA, Philippines ? Some 161 of the 239 retrenched Filipino workers of a Malaysian-owned textile factory in Namibia have so far been repatriated, according to Philippine Ambassador to South Africa Virgilio Reyes Jr. The workers of Flamingo Garments, a subsidiary of Ramatex Textile, were terminated when the factory shut down on March 7. Reyes said the workers ... More About: Back
Palau gov?t releases RP vessel, 10 fishers held in Feb
2008-04-03 13:55:00 KOROR, Palau - The Philippine vessel Pescarico 01 and its 10-man crew left Malakal Harbor Wednesday morning after securing clearance to depart from the Palau government. The vessel, together with its crew, was investigated by the Office of the Attorney General for alleged illegal fishing within Palau waters. Palau authorities apprehended the crew and seized the ... More About: Held
Alarm raised on increasing incest cases among OFW families
2008-04-03 13:54:00 MANILA, Philippines - They know it is happening but there is no sufficient data to show how serious the problem of incestuous relationship among the family of overseas Filipino workers is today. ?It is part of the social cost of migration,” said Ellene Sana, executive director of the Center for Migrant Advocacy. ?Pinag-uusapan ?yan (incest relationship) ... More About: Alarm , Cases , Families , Incest
POEA?s 2007 collections up
2008-04-03 13:51:00 Davao City (3 April) — The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in Mindanao was able to collect P8.255 million in 2007 that is 22.13 percent higher than the 2006 collection of fees from overseas workers of P8.048 million. POEA Regional Center for Mindanao officer-in-charge Maria Carolina G. Agdamag said the collection last year involved 26,196 workers ... More About: Collections
RP no longer last in Asia - ADB warns about Filipinos slipping back into po
2008-04-03 00:44:00 RP no longer last in Asia ADB warns about Filipinos slipping back into poverty The Asian Development Bank reported that the Philippines is no longer the economic laggard in Southeast Asia but warned that Filipinos who are out of poverty may slip back into poverty. ADB Deputy Director General for Southeast Asia Thomas Crouch said so on ... More About: Business , Back
OFW money fails to bridge income inequality - economist
More articles from this author:2008-04-01 00:56:00 MAKATI CITY (OFW Journalism Consortium)?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, University of the Philippines economist Ernesto Pernia said in a research that remittances from overseas Filipino ... More About: Business , Economist , Money , Bridge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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