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Filipino Domestic Workers Complain of Illegal Loan Scheme in Hong Kong
Several Filipino domestic workers have complained to the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong about local employment agencies collaborating with their counterparts in the Philippines coercing them...
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Filipino Domestic Helper in HK in Coma After Suicide Try Over Money Problems
A Filipino domestic worker is in critical condition at a Hong Kong hospital after she allegedly tried to commit suicide in Sheung Shui district, Hong Kong News reported citing an official of the...
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Filipino Woman Arrested For Shoplifting in Taiwan
A Filipino domestic worker was caught shoplifting in a convenience store in Taiwan August 2. With the help of CCTV footage, the woman, 46, was caught red-handed attempting to steal cosmetics in a store...
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2 Filipina Helpers in Hong Kong Die Of Heat-Related Causes
Two Filipino domestic workers were found lifeless in the toilets of their respective employers in Hong Kong, citing extreme weather conditions, a report by The SUN said. Labor Attache Nida Romulo...
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POLO: 30-Kg Luggage Allowance For HK Domestic Workers Should Be Enforced
Employment agencies have been reminded that Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong flying back to the Philippines should be granted at least 30 kilograms of luggage allowance. The Philippine Overseas...
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Filipina Bleeds to Death Over Suspected Abortion Try in Dubai
An investigation by Dubai Police is underway about a Filipina domestic worker who bled to her death on July 29, a report from Gulf News said. Angel Pauya Trasadas, 33, died after bleeding profusely...
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Beware of ‘Friends’ Who Value You Because of Money
As if life abroad is not hard enough, overseas Filipino workers can experience additional misery when they meet ‘fair weather friends’ who ruin their future plans and even get them in trouble. Take...
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Philippine Government to Pay for One-way Ticket Home For Filipino Amnesty...
Filipinos who are availing of the amnesty offered by the United Arab Emirates government have been advised not to book their tickets prior to securing an outpass from various amnesty centers. The...
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8 Things You Need To Know About Philippine ID
The long wait is over. Citizens of the Philippines will finally have their own national ID after President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the Philippine ID System Law. It aims to provide ease transactions...
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Newly-wed Filipina Domestic Helper from Antique Dies in Apparent Suicide in HK
A Filipina domestic worker who reportedly hanged herself inside her employer’s apartment in northern Hong Kong on August 1 has been taken off life support system after being declared clinically dead,...
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PH Consulate in Jeddah Appeals To Stop Sharing Info on Distressed OFWs on...
The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah has appealed to social media users to refrain from sharing information about distressed overseas Filipino workers online. In the past several years, many OFWs...
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Filipino Amnesty Applicant Gets 6-Month Job Seeker Visa in UAE
As the amnesty program in the United Arab Emirates rolls on to its third week of implementation, Filipinos who have overstayed in the country certainly took the opportunity being offered to them. One...
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HK Police Issues Warning Vs Street Gambling Among Domestic Helpers
Police authorities in Hong Kong have issued a warning to Filipino domestic workers against gambling in public places, particularly in Central where many of such workers spend their days off, Hong Kong...
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Missing Filipino Domestic Worker Found Dead in Saudi Hotel
A Filipino domestic worker who had been reported missing was found dead in a hotel room in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last week. In a statement released by the Department of Foreign Affairs, the 52-year-old...
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POLO Suspends HK Agent Charging HK$12,500 Fee to Filipina Helper
An employment agency based in Hong Kong has been ordered suspended by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office for its role as a sub agent to another agency that allegedly charged a newly-arrived Filipina...
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How OFWs Can Renew Passport in the Philippines
It’s almost a given that once a Filipino worker is based abroad, performing transactions in a Philippines-based agency can be a tough thing to do. However, the Philippine government has been trying to...
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Agency Boss Face Jail, Fine After Placing China Jobs to Filipino Tourists
An employment agency manager has been sentenced by a Shangai court to eight years in prison and a fine of CNY200,000 (P1.56 million) for securing jobs for at least 24 Filipinos who entered China as...
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OFW Found Hanging in Bahrain Apartment, 6th Expat Suicide in 2018
The body of a 37-year old Filipino worker was found hanging in an apartment in Bahrain in what was believed to be a case of suicide. The Filipino man, a native of Quezon, was found hanging from a...
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Undocumented Filipinos Face Immigration Crackdown in Malaysia
Despite the bulletins on existing voluntary deportation for illegal immigrants in Malaysia, less than one percent of the total undocumented Filipinos were able to avail of the amnesty. Citing data from...
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Filipino Maid in HK Charged With Threatening Co-Worker With Knife
A Filipino domestic worker in Hong Kong has been arrested and charged with criminal intimidation Thursday night after allegedly threatening her co-worker with a knife. The suspect, 47, who works for a...
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