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140 Filipinos in Jordan to be repatriated without fines
2008-03-09 22:25:00 OVERSEAS Filipinos in Jordan numbering 140?including 11 under-aged workers and eight children born in Jordan?are set to be repatriated to the Philippines. Philippine Ambassador to Jordan Julius Torres reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that the Filipinos, mostly migrant workers, could now be repatriated as they have been issued a waiver for their overstay ...
Militant Pinays in LA march for Arroyo ouster
2008-03-09 11:27:00 Militant Filipino women held a solidarity march in Los Angeles Saturday (LA time) calling for the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and an end to US imperialist intervention in the Philippines. A statement posted Sunday afternoon on the Indymedia network said the Philippine Peasant Support Network voiced solidarity with Gabriela and Mariposa women’s groups on ... More About: March , Ouster
Pinoy engineers, architects needed in Saudi Arabia
2008-03-09 11:26:00 MANILA, Philippines - Engineers , architects and thousands of highly skilled workers will be needed in Saudi Arabia for the construction of super cities in the Kingdom. Mr Ding Carola, the president of Mori International Agency who recently signed the contracts with various architectural firms from Saudi Arabia , said architects from the Middle East are currently in ... More About: Employment , Pinoy
Palau orders probe on ?lapses? of RP embassy
2008-03-08 21:44:00 KOROR, Palau - President Tommy Remengesau Jr has ordered probe into allegations that the Philippine Embassy in Palau has been over-stepping on its duties, ignoring local labor regulations in helping supposedly abused Filipino contract workers. Remengesau ordered presidential chief of staff Billy Kuartei to clarify with Philippine Ambassador Ramoncito Marino reports that the embassy has been ... More About: Orders , Probe
Pinays in HK mark womens? day with call to oust Arroyo
2008-03-08 21:43:00 In commemoration of the International Women?s Day (IWD), a group of Filipino women in Hong Kong on Saturday demanded for the ouster of RP women?s ?Enemy No. 1″ - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Gabriela Women?s Party?HK chapter (Gabriela-HK) urged Filipino women around the world to drive out Mrs. Arroyo from the presidency as the group observed IWD?s ... More About: Hongkong , Call , Mark
Filipinos victimized by Internet scams in UK
2008-03-08 21:42:00 The Philippine Embassy in London has reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that prospective Filipino migrant workers to the United Kingdom continue to be victims of internet scams operated from that country. Said Amb. Edgardo Espiritu, criminal syndicates normally claim to be officials from the British Border and Immigration Agency (BIA), a unit of ... More About: Internet , Scams , Filipinos
5 OFWs killed, 17 others hurt in Brunei house fire
2008-03-08 21:42:00 MANILA, Philippines - Five overseas Filipino workers were killed when a fire of still unknown origin gutted a wooden staff house in Brunei Darussalam early Friday morning, a report from the Department of Foreign Affairs said. Philippine Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam Virginia Benavidez, in a report, said 17 other OFWs were injured in the incident, which ... More About: House , Hurt , Fire , Killed
Gabriela partylist demands probe of state collections, end to OFW dues
2008-03-08 21:41:00 As the country prepared to celebrate International Women?s Day on Saturday, the Gabriela women?s partylist demanded a moratorium on the issuance of policies on state exactions on migrant workers and how the state used these fees and contributions. In a privilege speech, Rep. Luz Ilagan, one of two Gabriela legislators, also suggested that a task ... More About: Demands , Collections , State , Probe
Migrante doubts SANARCOM backing of Supermaids Program
2008-03-08 21:40:00 Migrante, a militant global migrant workers? alliance, is mulling over the recent ?throwing of support? by the Saudi National Recruitment Committee (SANARCOM) to the Philippine government?s policy on the deployment of household service workers, or its ?Supermaids? program. ?SANARCOM?s sudden endorsement of Gloria Arroyo?s Supermaids program is highly suspect, given that just last year, SANARCOM ... More About: Program , Backing
OFW hospital plan gains ground
2008-03-08 21:39:00 RESOURCE persons invited by the Senate committee on labor and human resource and development unanimously agree with the proposal to set up overseas Filipino workers (OFW) Hospital to promptly address their health care needs and that of their families. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada said other stakeholders have given new suggestions to his committee ... More About: Ground , Plan
RP thanks Jordan for repatriation of 140 OFWs, dependents
2008-03-08 21:39:00 Philippine envoy to Jordan Julius D. Torres has conveyed his appreciation to the Labor Ministry for facilitating the waiver of the overstay fines of 140 overseas Filipino workers in Jordan in a formal call. The OFWs could now be repatriated to the Philippines after the issuance of the waiver by Jordan?s Ministry of Interior and ...
Sentosa Group wields power not just in the US but also in the Philippines
2008-03-08 21:37:00 The Sentosa 27, through their counsel Felix Vinluan filed, sometime in April 2006, administrative cases in the Philippines against the Sentosa Group ?s local company, the Sentosa Recruitment Agency. They accused SRA of violating Philippine Overseas Employment Administration recruitment rules and regulations. All labor recruiters must hold a POEA license to operate. Acting ... More About: Power
Philippine Nurses Association denounces treatment of Sentosa 27
2008-03-08 21:36:00 The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) strongly denounces the prejudiced treatment and excessively unfair situation currently being faced by 26 Filipino nurses who were recruited from the Philippines by the Sentosa Recruitment Agency, a single proprietorship run by Francis Luyun. Sentosa works in partnership with Ben Philipson, a Danish national and a permanent resident of the ... More About: Treatment
Envoy: Iran ready to help Filipinos, world
2008-03-07 22:39:00 Iran?s ambassador to the Philippines said his country is ready and willing to assist in the development of all countries?not only in trade and investment but also sharing its expertise in science and shariah law. ?We are ready to help the Philippines,? Ambassador Ali Mojtaba Rouzbehani told The Manila Times in a roundtable interview recently. ... More About: Iran , World , Filipinos , Ready
More Filipinos to go hungry as rice prices soar?UN
2008-03-07 22:38:00 A United Nations aid official warned Friday that President Gloria Arroyo?s government may end up feeding Filipinos to save them from going hungry, as market prices of rice soar. With prices of rice and wheat spiking in recent months, World Food Program Country Director Valerie Guarnieri said, ?I think there?s a possibility that the government ... More About: Rice , Soar , Hungry , Prices
RP embassy in UK warns vs new Internet scam
2008-03-07 22:36:00 MANILA, Philippines?The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) warned on Friday aspiring overseas Filipino workers against conspicuous messages on electronic mails inviting them for employment to the United Kingdom as this may be the newest Internet scam operating in the country. According to a statement from the DFA, the Philippine embassy in London reported that criminal syndicates ... More About: Embassy , Scam
140 stranded OFWs in Jordan will be home soon -DFA
2008-03-07 22:35:00 MANILA, Philippines?About 140 stranded overseas Filipino workers in Jordan will soon be traveling back to Manila after Ministry of Interior dropped the residency fines slapped on the workers, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday. In a statement, the DFA said it has authorized the purchase of one-way plane tickets for each of the ... More About: Home
$10-B OWWA fund should be used for OFW wellfare, services - OFW group
2008-03-07 22:34:00 MANILA, Philippines - Despite the assurance by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration that it did not misuse the trust funds of overseas Filipinos, a Middle East-based migrants group leader accused the agency of misallocating the funds by not providing sustainable programs and services for OFWs and their families. In a press statement, Migrante Middle East regional ... More About: Services , Fund , Group
Fewer women left for jobs abroad in 2007 - POEA
2008-03-07 11:49:00 MANILA, Philippines - While Filipino migration has taken the face of a woman over the years, the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) revealed on Friday that there has been a considerable drop in the number of Filipino women deployed last year. Data from the POEA show that only 47 percent (or 124, 704) of the 267, ... More About: Women , Jobs , Left
Wherever the ?healing priest? goes, hordes follow
2008-03-07 11:49:00 LOS ANGELES ? To the church ushers? consternation, the intention of the woman wearing a yellow sweater has skipped their notice. After making her way through the dense crowd, she marched straight to the altar and is now hunched in front of the seated priest, a boyish-looking petite man she called ?Father.” ?Father” is Father Fernando ... More About: Healing , Priest
Saudi-bound Pinoys warned vs airport robbers
2008-03-07 11:48:00 MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine embassy in Riyadh has warned Saudi Arabia-bound Filipino workers against taxi drivers claiming to have been sent by the worker?s employer at the airport to fetch them but end up taking away their money. Ambassador Antonio P. Villamor issued the warning on Wednesday after three Filipinos were victimized by what ... More About: Airport , Bound , Robbers
No irregularities in OFW trust fund, OWWA insists
2008-03-07 11:47:00 MANILA, Philippines - The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Friday maintained that there are no irregularities in the management of its Welfare Fund . In a statement, OWWA explained that its transfer of the OWWA Medicare Fund to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) in 2005 was mandated by law, and that “only the amount necessary ... More About: Trust
Seaman killed in Japan sea mishap set to go home
2008-03-06 22:22:00 MANILA, Philippines - One of two Filipino seamen who died in a three-ship collision in Kobe, Japan was just a few weeks short of being reunited with his family when the tragedy took his life, a relative told GMA News Thursday. Alaxander ‘Xander’ Mercader, 36, was scheduled to arrive in the Philippines later this month after ... More About: Home , Killed , Seaman
Vancouver-based group gets set for influx of OFWs to Canada
2008-03-06 13:08:00 MANILA, Philippines - A support group called Multicultural Helping House Society is getting ready to assist thousands of Filipinos expected to enter Canada ’s growing labor market, particularly in the provinces of Vancouver . In a statement Thursday, the MMHS, a non-profit society organized by Filipino-Canadians, said it is dedicated to help newcomers-individuals and families to integrate into ... More About: Group
Suspension of wage hikes for Pinoys, other workers in CNMI sought
2008-03-06 13:06:00 CAPITAL HILL, Saipan ? The government of the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and major business groups here have asked the US Congress to suspend further increases to the CNMI?s minimum wage of $3.55 an hour. Many of the 19,000 documented foreign workers in the CNMI, mostly coming from the Philippines and China, ... More About: Workers , Suspension
Filipino tourist dies after heart attack in HK
2008-03-06 13:05:00 HONG KONG - A Filipina tourist suffered cardiac arrest while on a plane that was to fly her out of Hong Kong in the evening of March 3, and died a few hours later. Corazon de los Reyes, 57, single, from San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, was on her way back to Manila after joining a three-day ... More About: Hongkong , Heart , Filipino , Tourist , Heart Attack
RP as most favored investment destination for call center industry
2008-03-06 13:00:00 Roxas City - The Philippine position as the most-favored investment destination in the multi-billion dollar call center/business process outsourcing (BPO) was further boosted with the inauguration of the Sykes Asia, Inc.’s sixth call center in the country. The P846-million call center is located in Quezon City. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assisted by Sykes Asia and Pacific Rim vice ... More About: Industry , Investment , Destination , Call , Center
DFA warns of non-existent job placements in Israel
2008-03-06 12:58:00 Iloilo City - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) recently warned Filipinos seeking employment in Israel to be wary of individuals or illegal recruiters offering them hotel works in Israel. The DFA said that the Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv reported that there are no job openings for hotel workers in the State of Israel. “The post ...
Pinoy artist grabs front cover in US
2008-03-06 12:51:00 Chicago, IL (6 March) — If you have recently been to a concert, play, or other theater production in the Milwaukee, Madison, or Chicago area, chances are you have picked up a Footlight magazine in the lobby. The front cover of the February/March issue is by our very own Fil-Am artist Fred DeAsis. After rounds of ... More About: Artist , Pinoy , Cover , Front
HK employer acquitted of assaulting Filipina maid
More articles from this author:2008-03-05 22:35:00 HONG KONG - A Filipina broke down in tears on Wednesday as a Kwun Tong magistrate delivered a ?not guilty” verdict in favor of her Chinese male employer whom she accused of indecently assaulting her. According to deputy magistrate Jason Wan Siu-ming, the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the employer, Sunny Chow Kam-kin, ... More About: Hongkong , Maid , Employer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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