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11 pardoned OFWs miss flight back to Manila
2010-03-22 04:35:00 They were just a minute too late, but 11 pardoned overseas Filipino workers missed their flight back to Manila after languishing in a Riyadh jail in Saudi Arabia for several months. Migrants? rights group Migrante-Middle East said the eleven were supposed to depart from Riyadh via Saudi Airlines at midnight of March 15, but jail officers ... More About: Back , Miss
Afghanistan hints at job openings for Pinoys
2010-03-22 04:33:00 Job openings may be awaiting Filipino engineers and technicians, particularly in the health and development sectors in Afghanistan . Afghanistan foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul relayed this to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo during their meeting in Manila earlier this week. “During the meeting, Minister Rassoul likewise briefed Romulo on developments in Afghanistan, including his country’s need for engineers ... More About: Hints
Filipina found innocent of drug smuggling in Australia
2010-03-22 04:31:00 A Filipina tourist detained for allegedly smuggling illegal drugs in Australia has been released from jail after she was found innocent of the crime, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday. Filipina Maria Cecilia Silva was freed by Australian Police on Thursday?after five days of detention?after packets of iced tea recovered from her at the ... More About: Innocent , Drug
Paris bishop visits RP to boost efforts for OFW welfare
2010-03-22 04:30:00 A Roman Catholic bishop from Paris , France visited the country this week to boost efforts to protect the welfare of Filipino migrants in France, the Catholic Bishops? Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said on Saturday. Paris Auxiliary Bishop Eric de Moulin-Beaufort paid a visit to the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Migrant and Itinerant People (ECMI) to ...
Singapore cops arrest suspect in Pinay?s slay
2010-03-22 04:29:00 Singapore authorities have arrested an Indian national who is suspected to be behind the killing of a 30-year-old Filipino woman there. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) did not identify the suspect but said he was 34 years old. “On 17 March 2010 at about 4 p.m., the suspect was arrested in the vicinity of Kitchener Road in ... More About: Singapore , Arrest , Pinay , Cops
OFW remittances up by 8.5%
2010-03-17 11:16:00 Remittances from overseas Filipino workers coursed through banks rose 8.5 percent to $1.4 billion in January from a year ago, supported by the continued deployment of workers abroad, said the central bank on Monday. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Gov. Amando Tetangco Jr. said remittances from sea-based workers rose 18.1 percent, while remittances from land-based ...
US-based Pinay dies after being hit by six vehicles
2010-03-17 11:13:00 MALIBU, CALIFORNIA – A 73-year-old Filipina caregiver was killed after she was struck by several vehicles on the Pacific Coast Highway while attempting to cross a dark street to catch a bus on Monday morning. Amelia Ordona died on the spot when a 2006 Honda Accord driven by Jay McNamara, 48, of Los Angeles, hit her ... More About: Vehicles , Pinay
Filipina found dead in her rented room in Singapore
2010-03-17 11:12:00 Authorities found on Monday a body of a Filipina with stab wounds in an apartment in Singapore , a report said. The remains of 30-year-old Roselyn Pascua were recovered by the police past 3 a.m. in her room at Peony Mansion, a low-cost lodging house along the city?s Bencoolen Street. In a report from The Straits Times, ... More About: Dead , Room
Two Filipinos guilty of trafficking in Hong Kong
2010-03-17 11:11:00 Two Filipinos were found guilty by Hong Kong ?s Wan Chai District Court of human trafficking in charges filed by their Filipino victims. In a release posted on the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) website on Wednesday, the two Filipinos, a club owner and staff, are facing a maximum penalty of not more than three years. Sentencing is ... More About: Hongkong
RP repatriates 26 OFWs from Doha
2010-03-16 02:37:00 Twenty-six distressed overseas Filipino workers arrived in the Philippines Thursday following their repatriation from Doha in Qatar . According to a release posted on the Website of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the OFWs arrived 3:35 p.m. aboard Qatar Airways Flight 646. The DFA said many of the workers were those under the custody of the Filipino ...
Ireland may deport OFW family for joining strike
2010-03-16 02:35:00 A Filipino family that has been staying in Ireland for eight years is now facing possible deportation by Irish authorities due to the father?s participation in a recent workers? action in a food factory at County Kildare, Ireland. ?According to reports, John Recto, together with his wife and kids, are being threatened of possible deportation from ... More About: Family
DFA?s regional offices to issue ePassports starting March 15
2010-03-16 02:34:00 Starting Monday, March 15, the Department of Foreign Affairs will issue ePassports in 10 of its 18 regional consular offices (RCO). The DFA made the announcement Saturday following the opening of its multimillion consular office in Parañaque and the full implementation of the issuance of the ePassport early this week. The ePassport will be made available to ... More About: Regional
DFA, Comelec conduct postal vote training in LA, Madrid
2010-03-16 02:34:00 With barely two months to go before the May 10 elections, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducted trainings on overseas absentee voting for Filipinos in Los Angeles in California and in Madrid , Spain. The DFA Overseas Absentee Voting Secretariat (OAVS) and Comelec Committee on Overseas Absentee Voting (COAV) focused on ... More About: Training , Postal , Vote
OWWA to fulfill aid vows for repatriated OFWs
2010-03-16 02:33:00 The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will fulfill its promises after beleaguered and repatriated workers from Saudi Arabia renewed their protests. The agency is rushing the financial, medical and transportation assistance it promised to over 60 workers, who were repatriated early this year after refusing to work due to the company?s alleged unfair labor practices, OWWA ...
OFW rights group to get vote for Satur, Liza Maza
2010-03-10 11:37:00 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – A group of Filipino migrant workers endorsed the candidacies of the Makabayan Coalition and Nacionalista Party guest senatorial bets Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza. ?Ang aming grupo ay sumusuporta sa tunay ng boses ng OFWs [Overseas Filipino Workers] na sina Ka Satur at Liza Maza,” said Eric Jocson, chairperson of the ... More About: Rights , Vote
Run after recruiters using ?repro? scheme, group urges POEA
2009-09-15 03:43:00 Filipina worker Irene Pinay signed a contract saying she will work as a cook assistant in Saudi Arabia for 950 riyals or more than P12,000. Instead, she ended up working as a domestic worker for only SR750 or almost P10,000. According to Victor E. R. Fernandez Jr., president of the Philippine Association of Service Exporters Inc. ... More About: Group
A different kind of overseas Filipino
2009-09-14 23:41:00 Filipinos working abroad are so commonplace that “OFW” is part of our vocabulary and consciousness, and our GDP rises and falls significantly according to the influx of remittances. Among the millions of Filipinos working abroad, however, there are a few hundred who leave the Philippines as volunteers ? which, by definition, means that there are ... More About: Filipino , Overseas
Pinay mail-order brides still rampant in S-Korea
2009-09-14 03:39:00 Despite an ongoing ban on illegal matchmaking agencies, a number of Filipino women were married to their South Korea n partners as mail-order brides, according to a Philippine envoy. In a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Luis Cruz said that as of April 2009, around 6,000 Filipino women met their South Korean spouses ... More About: Mail , Brides , Pinay , Order
Stranded OFWs in Jeddah to be home soon
2009-09-14 03:38:00 Some 170 undocumented Filipino workers in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia will finally be sent home after more than a year of living under a bridge. Philippine Consul General Ezzedin Tago said the group is now in a Saudi deportation center for the processing of their exit papers and would be sent home as soon as possible. The workers ... More About: Home
Guam to hire 20,000 skilled OFWs in 2010
2009-09-12 04:14:00 Filipino overseas workers may soon apply for the 20,000 job openings in Guam as the United States transfers its military facilities from Okinawa, Japan to its US Pacific Island territory. Administrator Jennifer Manalili of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) clarified that the deployment of workers to Guam will start only in the first quarter of ... More About: Hire
?POEA objection to OFW insurance is baseless?
2009-09-11 09:09:00 The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has no reason to reject the proposed congressional measure for the adoption of a compulsory liability insurance scheme for all overseas Filipino workers (OFW), local recruiters said on Thursday. House Bill No. 5649, also known as ?An Act Improving the Standards of Protection and Assistance for Migrant Workers,” seeks to ... More About: Insurance
Bowling tourney held to aid RP?s poor families
2009-09-10 10:50:00 A Filipino women?s group based in Austria held a charity bowling tournament to benefit its scholarship projects in the southern Philippines. ?I am really a bowling fan. I have been participating in all Pinoy Bowling tournaments here and when I learned that there is a charity bowling for the benefit of our less privileged kababayans in ... More About: Poor , Families , Held
Globe Telecom offers IDD load for OFW families
2009-09-10 10:49:00 Globe Telecom Inc. is now offering prepaid credit for international direct dialling (IDD) services to help keep Filipinos connected to their loved ones overseas. In a statement, the second-largest telecommunications firm said it has launched its IDD Suki promo, which allows Globe prepaid subscribers to purchase IDD credit in sari-sari stores, groceries, and other load outlets. “Since ... More About: Globe , Offers , Load , Families
Two Pinoy charity orgs launched in UK
2009-09-10 10:48:00 Two Filipino organizations that aim to promote the interest and welfare of Pinoy s and Mindanao region were launched recently in London. Deputy Chief of Mission Rey Catapang, named the two groups as Luzviminda Foundation and the Mindanao Peace Initiative-United Kingdom. ?We will also launch the Mindanao Peace Initiative and of course the Luzviminda Foundation,? said Catapang. Catapang made ... More About: Charity , Launched
Fil-Am priest wins showdown with Iron Chef
2009-09-10 10:47:00 WHEATON, Maryland. Filipino American priest Leo Patalinghug didn?t need divine intervention to win a fajita showdown with America?s ?Iron Chef ? Bobby Flay. Fr. Leo?s fusion fajita ? which incorporated Filipino, Mexican and American flavors ? was declared the winner in an episode of ?Throwdown with Bobby Flay? which is shown in the highly rated Food ... More About: Wins , Priest
Pinoy auditor in Saipan accused of stealing from company
2009-06-18 16:02:00 GARAPAN, Saipan ? A Filipino auditor for a gas station outlet in Saipan has been barred from leaving the US territory for allegedly stealing money from a company owned by the board chair of the NMI Crime Stoppers program. Virginia C. Hernandez was arrested on June 10 at the Saipan international airport as she was about ... More About: Company , Pinoy , Stealing , Auditor
Arrested Filipinos dressed in drag freed in KSA
2009-06-18 00:26:00 At least 69 Filipinos who were arrested in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last June 12 for wearing women?s clothing at a private party have been released. Vice Consul Roussel Reyes told GMANews.TV on Wednesday that 69, not 72 as earlier reported, were arrested in an Independence Day ?gay pageant” at a private villa. They were ... More About: Arrested , Drag
RP incurs dollar deficit in May
2009-06-18 00:24:00 Due to debt payments RP incurs dollar deficit in May The country?s balance of payments (BOP) registered a deficit in May from a surplus the previous month mainly due to the debt payments of the national government, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Wednesday. In a statement, the central bank said the country?s BOP registered ... More About: Economy , Dollar , Deficit
UAE court upholds 33-year-old Pinoy?s jail term for rape
2009-06-17 14:49:00 A Dubai appellate court has upheld the three-month jail term of a 33-year-old Filipino who was found guilty by a lower court of raping a Filipino housemaid last September, a report said on Wednesday. Online news site Khaleej Times (www.khaleejtimes.com) said the Dubai Court of Appeals upheld Tuesday the decision of the Criminal Court of First ... More About: Pinoy , Jail , Rape , Year
Group slams swine flu racial profiling in HK
More articles from this author:2009-06-17 14:46:00 An organization of Filipino workers in Hong Kong on Wednesday decried the alleged discrimination against foreign domestic helpers as officials moved to control the spread of the A(H1N1) flu virus. ?It is SARS all over again. With the swine flu epidemic, the threats of racial profiling and discriminatory treatment against foreign workers in Hong Kong loom ... More About: Hongkong , Group , Racial 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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