Kuwaiti Woman Sentenced To Death for Killing a Filipina
Kuwait’s supreme court upheld an earlier death sentence against a local woman for the murder of her Filipina maid after torturing her, along with a 10-year sentence on her disabled husband for...
View ArticleUAE’s NMC Healthcare To Hire More Filipino Nurses
NMC Healthcare, one of the largest healthcare providers in the United Arab Emirates is planning to hire highly-qualified nurses from the Philippines. In a statement, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz...
View ArticleCommon Reasons Why Many Filipinos Leave The Philippines
If you ask Filipinos abroad, there are plenty of reasons why they chose to leave the Philippines — at least temporarily. 1. Families Are Already Abroad With growing diaspora population, it is not...
View ArticleCaregiver Rose Fostanes Earns “X-Factor Israel” Standing Ovation
Filipino caregiver Rose Fostanes earned a standing ovation, not only from the audience but also from fellow contestants of the reality TV contest “X-Factor Israel”. As the 46-year-old Tel Aviv-based...
View Article17,500 Filipino Caregivers To Become Canada Permanent Residents Starting 2014
A record 17,500 Filipino caregivers currently working in Canada are expected to become permanent residents by 2014 after Ottawa expedited application blogs and reduced processing times for skilled...
View ArticleHonest Pinoy in Qatar Returns Cash, Cheque and Smartphone
A Filipino gym receptionist in Qatar has earned admiration and respect after he returned a pouch containing QR 50,000 cash (Php 600,000), a cheque worth QR200,000 (Php2.4 million) and an iPhone to its...
View Article2 Filipinos in UAE Plead Innocent in Drug Case
Two Filipinos pleaded innocence on Monday before a United Arab Emirates court on drug charges. The unidentified suspects, aged 33 and 29, were accused of trying to sell 0.26 grams of amphetamine,...
View ArticleDOLE: 2 Job Agencies Offer Jobs To 500 ‘Yolanda’ Survivors Free of Charge
Two licensed placement agencies in the Philippines have pledged to assist up to 500 typhoon victims for overseas jobs free of charge, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on...
View ArticleFilipino Driver in Hong Kong on Trial For ‘Card Game’ Death
A 32-year-old Filipino driver in Hong Kong who allegedly punched a fellow Filipino over a card game dispute in August last year causing him to die days later, the city’s High Court heard on Nov. 8....
View ArticlePinoy Barber, Son Jailed in UAE Over Illegal Money Lending
A Filipino barber and his son have been sentenced to 3 months in jail in UAE for illegal money lending. The 65-year-old Filipino and his 36-year-old son were found guilty of lending money to a number...
View Article8 Most Annoying Habits of Many OFWs
It seems that despite the exposure of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to a different culture while working abroad, the old, familiar annoying habits closely associated with Filipinos continue to...
View ArticlePhilippine Airlines Resumes Saudi Arabia Flights
After a three-year absence, a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight has landed at King Khalid International in Riyadh on Sunday. Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ezzedin Tago, who welcomed the...
View ArticleReal Filipino Attitudes to Be Proud Of
1. Mano po. If Japanese and Koreans are known to bow in reverence, and Thai and Indian press hands together and bow slightly, Filipinos exhibit genuine show of respect to elders by placing the back of...
View ArticleOFW From Qatar Nabbed in NAIA for Cocaine Possession
An overseas Filipino worker from Qatar was nabbed at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for possession of illegal substance. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Deputy Director for Operations Abe...
View ArticleFilipina Nanny Killed in Toronto Hit-and-Run
A 42-year-old Filipina nanny died after being reportedly hit by a van in Toronto. Friends and relatives said Maritess Martin-Catacutan was on her way home from work when the accident happened near the...
View ArticleNorwegian Man Convicted for Rape of Filipina Au Pair
A court in Stavanger, Norway sentenced a 45-year-old man to seven and-a-half years in jail for sexual abuse of two Filipina au pairs. The two au pairs from the Philippines lived and worked in the man’s...
View ArticleDFA: 7 Filipino Health Workers Killed in Yemen Attack
Seven Filipinos were among 52 people killed in the attack in Yemen’s Defense Ministry on Thursday, according to the spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs. The victims are mostly health...
View ArticleTop OFW Christmas Wishes
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have always been playing the role of Santa Claus, sending money, balikbayan box and other gifts to family in the Philippines. However, OFWs also have a list of gifts...
View ArticleFilipino Arrested in Vietnam for Possession of 3.6kg of Cocaine
Customs officers detained a Filipino national for possession of 3.6 kilos of cocaine as he arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport on Dec. 7. According to Tuoi Tre News, the Filipino drug...
View ArticleOFW Deployment Ban in Yemen
The Philippines on Monday imposed a “total deployment ban” of its workers in Yemen, following a militant attack that killed 56 people including seven Filipino health workers. Department of Foreign...
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