The Unsung Filipina Who Cured HIV
Time Magazine’s 2013 listing of the 100 most influential people in the world included two Filipinos: President Benigno Aquino and Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga, a pediatric immunologist from the University...
View ArticleHiring of Filipino Maids to Saudia Arabia Streamlined
Filipino maids are now arriving in the Kingdom normally, according to Ezzeddin Tago, the Philippine ambassador in Riyadh. He said that the new contracts for the Filipino maids entitle them to a SR 1,...
View ArticleRemains of Filipino Workers Sent to Wrong Wives
The remains of two overseas Filipino workers who died in Saudi Arabia were wrongly sent to two different wives, a TV report said. The body of Gerry Almario was sent to Marije Bisnar, while the remains...
View ArticleRiyadh Police Hold 3 Filipino Protesters Briefly
Three Filipino workers were detained by Riyadh police yesterday for protesting outside the Philippine Embassy. Later they were released. The three workers were among a group of about 150 workers who...
View ArticleOFWs Urged to Save, Invest
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) announced the simultaneous launching of “Mag-impok, Magnegosyo Movement (OFW-M3) among Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families to instill...
View Article35 Repatriated OFWs From Syria Fail to Arrive
A batch of 35 Filipinos repatriated from Syria failed to arrive in Manila Friday night, radio dzBB reported Saturday. The OFWs were scheduled to land at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 11...
View ArticlePHL Envoy: After Ban, Arrival of Pinoy Maids in Saudi Becoming ‘Normal’ Again
After the ban imposed by Saudi Arabia on the hiring of Filipino maids, the arrival of domestic helpers from the Philippines has started to “normalize,” Philippine Ambassador to the Kingdom Ezzedin Tago...
View ArticleUS Green Card Lottery — Facing Axe — to Name 2014 Winners
Around 100,000 people will be chosen from several million hopefuls to get a US Green Card on Wednesday, in what could be the last year of the annual lottery, slated to vanish under proposed reforms....
View ArticlePinay Cook in Hot Water for Alleged Human Trafficking in UAE
A Filipina cook is in hot water for her alleged involvement in human trafficking and prostitution activities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The 30-year-old cook faced a court where she was charged...
View ArticleFilipino-owned Supermarket Chain Opens 12th Branch in California
A wholly Filipino-owned supermarket chain opened a branch in this northern California city on April 26 in keeping with its owners’ goal of promoting Filipino food and ingredients to “the world.” The...
View ArticleAnti-Filipino Graffiti Slams Fil-Ams; Police Probing it As Hate Crime
A vandal or vandals defaced Filipino-American establishments over the weekend by spraying graffiti anti-Filipino messages, and police are investigating the case as a hate crime. UnionCityPatch.com...
View ArticleDon’t Forget the OFW’s Blood, Sweat and Tears
The Philippines received another ‘trophy’ — BBB- ratings upgrade, the lowest investment grade by market participants. Predictably, the President and his economic men claimed full credit for the...
View ArticleFilipino Couple Sentenced for Fraud in Vietnam
Sheryl Baldicanas Rosaldo and Marcos Alberto Olito Quit lived together as husband and wife. They often traveled to Vietnam to cheat foreign visitors, mainly Japanese. The couple was fluent in English...
View ArticlePinoy Tourists in HK Deny Using Fake Credit Cards
Four Filipino tourists accused of using fake credit cards, have pleaded not guilty to obtaining property by deception at the District Court on Apr. 12. The four, who include model/actor Kristian Jude...
View ArticleOFW Dies Inside Phl Half-way House in Jeddah — Migrante
An overseas Filipino worker seeking assistance from the Philippine consulate in Jeddah for his repatriation died the other day, a migrant workers’ rights group said on Friday. Quoting reports from...
View ArticleAmbassador Tago Dismisses ‘Exaggerated’ Reports About Saudi OFW Campers
Philippine Ambassador Ezzedin H. Tago has dismissed reports that more than 3,000 Filipino workers have been camping outside his country’s consulate in Jeddah. He said only 646 Filipinos, including 225...
View Article4 Pinoy UN Peacekeepers Seized in Golan Heights
Syrian rebels said they seized four Filipino peacekeepers in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, the second time in two months that UN troops have been abducted in the tense ceasefire zone between Syria and...
View ArticleKuwaiti Court Acquits Pinay of Attempted Murder
A Kuwaiti Court acquitted a Filipina Household Service Worker (HSW) who was charged with attempted murder by her Kuwaiti lady employer. Maria Amor Corbilla, 34, a native of Polangi, Albay was released...
View ArticleEuro Crisis Prompts Some OFWs to Consider Returning to PH, Says Labor Chief
Due to the economic crisis in Italy and other European countries, some overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there are now asking about opportunities here for a possible return, according to Labor Secretary...
View ArticleFirst Batch of Pinoy Campers in Jeddah to Return Home Friday
The first batch of undocumented Filipinos, who were among the hundreds of Philippine workers and families who stayed at a camp outside Manila’s consulate in Jeddah, will return home on Friday, the...
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