Two Filipinos Killed In Fight Inside Taiwan Fishing Vessel
Two Filipinos were killed in a fight among Filipino and Vietnamese fishermen onboard a Kaoshiung-registered fishing vessel late last month, Taiwan coast guard officials said yesterday. In a report by...
View Article306 Pass Special Nursing Board Exams in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait
A total of 306 out of 790 passed the special nurse licensure examination given by the Board of Nursing in certain cities in the Middle East, according to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on...
View ArticleSenator Wants Report on Unrefunded Terminal Fee
Not every traveling overseas Filipino worker (OFW) is expected to get his or her terminal fee refund at Ninoy Aquino International Airport so a senator has queried on how the amount is being managed....
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Common Misconceptions About OFWs
There are many wrong notions and misunderstandings about being an OFW. It is a common mental disease among Filipinos left behind the country who fail to recognize the real hard facts about working...
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No Placement Fees for Domestic Workers
A reminder to Filipino domestic helper applicants: do not pay placement fees. POEA administrator Hans Leo Cacdac made the statement to deter domestic workers from paying fees to employment agencies....
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Beware of Possible Airport Transfer, Airfare Scam at NAIA
Airport officials are reportedly investigating an apparent scam involving airport security personnel at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in the sale of overpriced air tickets to inbound travelers...
View ArticleOFW Needs 18 Years To Save P3 Million
An average overseas Filipino worker (OFW) needs an estimated 18.11 years or 217 months abroad to accumulate P3 million in savings before reuniting back with family, according to a study commissioned by...
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PHL Top Source of Fake Engineering Certificates in Saudi Arabia
About 2,000 fake engineering certificates were discovered in 2014, according to local media quoting sources at the Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE) as saying. The Philippines paced the countries where...
View Article2 Filipina Domestic Helpers Commit Suicide in Hong Kong
Two Filipina domestic helpers in Hong Kong reportedly tried to commit suicide, with one managing to kill herself and the other in critical condition in hospital. According to The Sun, the first case...
View ArticleHK Domestic Helper Agency Fined for Excessive Collection of Fees
A Hong Kong employment agency was fined after being found guilty of charging excessively on a domestic helper applicant. Artellect Limited, which is located in Tuen Mun, was slapped a HK$45,000...
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Pap Smear Information for OFWs
Para sa lahat, Ako po ay lubos na nagpapasalamat sa inyong lahat na sumuporta sa survey. Mayroon po akong malaking bilang ng nakibahagi at itoy pambihira. Salamat sa inyong lahat, lahat kayo ay...
View ArticleChief of NAIA’s Aviation Security Sacked
As criticism mounts over police involvement and handling of the ‘tanim bala’ bullet planting scheme that has seen a spike in number of apprehensions at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the...
View ArticleDOJ Junks Case vs HK OFW on ‘Tanim Bala’
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has today ordered the dismissal of the case filed against Filipino domestic worker Gloria Ortinez. According to Susan Ople, head of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center, the...
View ArticlePinay Domestic Helper in HK Jailed for Jewelry Theft
A Filipino domestic worker in Hong Kong admitted to stealing HK$42,000 (P254,626) worth of jewelry from her employer so she could pay off her debt. Elisa C. Saco, 31, confessed in court to stealing the...
View ArticleFilipina Helper Admits Stealing Jewelry, Dies After Jumping Off Employer’s...
After admitting to stealing her employer’s jewelry, a Filipina domestic helper leapt to her death from a 21st floor apartment in Hong Kong. Twenty-nine year old Janice, worked for Celia Sie, reportedly...
View ArticleFilipina DH in Hong Kong in ‘Tanim Bala’ Case Loses Her Job
Filipina domestic worker Gloria Ortinez has discovered that she lost her job in Hong Kong right after going through a traumatic experience of being detained and subjected to interrogations by airport...
View ArticleHow Winning The Lottery Can Be a Bad Thing
Twenty-two years ago, Romeo Silerio achieved the greatest dream that every man on earth would badly desire — winning the lottery. He won the $6.9 million dollar jackpot in a State lottery. With this...
View Article2 Filipinas Swindled by Foreign Boyfriends Online
When Internet love strikes, one will do everything to prove feelings are true, even when the other has other ideas. Two Filipinas, using names “Melanie” and “Rose” to hide their true identities,...
View ArticleLack of CCTV Cameras at NAIA Due to Unpaid Contract?
The apparent boldness of perpetrators to carry out the ‘tanim bala’ scheme has been prompted by the lack of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) amid...
View ArticlePhilippines: A Classic Example of How Inefficiency Rules
The Philippines has always been and continues to be a land where cumbersome paperworks rules. Even Filipinos leaving the country to work abroad or migrate in the proverbial “greener pastures,” they get...
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