Filipina Helper in HK Jailed For Using Expired Contract To Apply For Loan
A Filipina domestic helper was jailed for two months in Hong Kong after she was found guilty on a charge of using her expired employment contract to apply for financial loan last November. A remorseful...
View ArticleLong Lines At Jollibee’s First Branch in Europe
Similar to long lines loyal patrons had to endure when it opened in Dubai, Winnipeg and Singapore, both Filipinos and locals waited for hours as they flocked the opening of Jollibee’s first European...
View ArticleStranded OFWs Sold Blood to Survive in Saudi Arabia
Over 200 stranded Filipino workers for a company in Saudi Arabia are seeking government’s help for their immediate repatriation back to the Philippines. The workers have worried over their families’...
View ArticleLebanese Employer Could Face Death Penalty For Murder of Joanna Demafelis
The Lebanese employer of Filipina Joanna Demafelis is facing a possible death sentence as his trial opens Tuesday for a murder charge, Lebanese National News Agency reported. Nader Essam Assaf, 40,...
View ArticleOFWs Invited to Meet Duterte in Hong Kong April 12
The Philippine Consulate in Hong Kong announced in its Facebook Page that the Filipino community is welcome to meet President Rodrigo R. Duterte in his visit to Hong Kong on April 12. Those interested...
View ArticlePinay Nurse in Al Ain Remits Money, Wins AED50,000
When Filipina Florence Lomibao sent money back home using her online banking app, she did not expect that was the key to her winning AED50,000. In a report by Gulf News, the Filipina nurse based in Al...
View ArticleKuwaiti Court Issues Death Sentence to Couple For Death of Joanna Demafelis
A court in Kuwait on Sunday sentenced in absentia a Lebanese man and his Syrian wife to death by hanging over the death of a Filipina maid earlier this year. The court issued the sentence in the first...
View ArticleSingapore Employer Harassed By Loanshark Sends Filipina Helper Home
A woman in Singapore shared on online media about her terrifying experience after being harassed by an alleged loan shark after her Filipino domestic worker failed to settle outstanding debt of S$800....
View ArticleHonest NAIA Driver Returns US$3,000 to OFW From Saudi Arabia
A taxi driver accredited by the Ninoy Aquino International Airport immediately returned cash left by a his overseas Filipino worker passenger. OFW Virgilio Legaspi just arrived from a flight from Saudi...
View ArticleProposed Law Change Targets Tourists Seeking Jobs in Macau
Tourists coming to Macau whose plan is also to seek employment in the former Portuguese colony are the target of a proposed amendment of a local law. The legislative amendment was submitted on Friday...
View ArticleForeign Caregivers in Canada Not Eligible For Permanent Residence If They...
Foreign caregivers will not be eligible for permanent residence if they have not accrued two years of employment by November 29, 2019, according to Canada’s Immigration Department. In a report by The...
View ArticleFilipino Maid Scalded By Saudi Employer To Return Home After 4 Years
Philippine Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, H.E. Adnan V. Alonto, will be accompanying overseas Filipino worker Pahima P. Alagasi on her flight to return to the Philippines today, after she...
View ArticlePhilippine Congress Pushes Bills for Retirement Benefits, Assistance to OFWs
A House of Representatives panel has formed a technical working group to consolidate three bills seeking to provide retirement benefits and welfare assistance to overseas Filipino workers. The House...
View ArticlePHL Signs Bilateral Agreement With China to Send 2,000 Filipino English Teachers
The Philippine Department of Labor and Employment has signed a bilateral agreement with China for the hiring of 2,000 Filipino English teachers. According to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, the...
View ArticleEmployer Fails to Pay Wage of Sick Filipina Helper in Kuwait After 14 Years
After serving her employer in Kuwait for the past 14 years, a Filipina domestic worker who wanted to go home was forced to leave the house without receiving her compensation. In a video shared on...
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Filipina Forced to Drink Bleach By Employer In ICU In Saudi Arabia
A Filipina worker based in Saudi Arabia is confined at the intensive care unit in a hospital after she was allegedly forced to drink bleach by her employer. Agnes Mancilla, a 35-year-old household...
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OWWA-ARMM Continues Support of Returning OFWs
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration upgrades the Balik-Pilipinas, Balik-Hanapbuhay livelihood program to better serve returning Overseas Filipino Workers. The livelihood program enables...
View ArticleList of Qualified OWWA CMWSP, EDSP Scholars For SY 2018-2019
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration has released the list of 50 qualified scholars under the Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program for School Year 2018-2019. Likewise, OWWA has...
View ArticleFilipina Helper Dies Alone While HK Employers Were On Vacation
The remains of a Filipina domestic helper were found inside her employer’s flat in Hong Kong. In a report by The SUN, the woman was identified Mary Jane Respicion Jamon, 44, and native of Ilocos Norte....
View ArticleFilipina Beautician Banned Entry in HK Jailed 2 Years in Her Return
A returning Filipina beautician was sentenced to two years in Hong Kong prison after pleading guilty of violating her deportation order. “She showed her total disregard for her deportation order not...
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