Child’s Love for Nanay Gloria Prompts Employers to Re-hire Her
While it seemed to be a double black eye experience for Gloria Ortinez to both be accused of bringing an ammunition in her luggage that delayed her return to Hong Kong and lose her job there...
View Article12 Agencies Caught Violating Labor Laws as POEA, PNP Raid Gedisco Center
POEA staff and PNP-CIDG operatives launched a raid at Gedisco Center located at Mabini Street, Ermita, Manila to inspect recruitment agencies operating within its premises. Based on tipsters, a number...
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6 Reasons Why Many Filipinos Want to 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 ArticleKuwaiti Employer to Appear in Court After Filipina Helper Complains 6 Years...
A Kuwaiti woman will appear in a court in Kuwait after being accused of torturing her Filipino domestic helper for six years, burning her and not paying her any wage during the same period. According...
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Insurance Coverage for Overseas Filipino Workers
Alam nyo ba na ang bawat isang legal na OFW na nangibang bansa mula noong September 2010 ay naka insured alinsunod sa utos na itinadhana ng ating batas? Ilan sa ating mga kababayang OFWs ang hindi...
View ArticleMIAA GM Honrado Slapped with Graft Case Over CCTV Project
Embattled Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) general manager Jose Angel Honrado has been charged Monday with graft over plans of procuring P486-million closed-circuit television (CCTV)...
View ArticlePinoy Visitor Jailed for Scam, Molesting Teen in Singapore
A 20-year-old Filipino on a social visit pass was sentenced to two weeks in jail on Wednesday for scamming the public as well as molesting a 16-year-old teen girl. Court records reported that Neil...
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Duterte Confirms He is Running for President
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of Davao City has confirmed that he is running for president of the Philippines in the 2016 presidential elections. In a phone interview with Rappler.com on November 21, 2015, he...
View ArticleLife of Filipino Domestic Workers in Russia
Meteor Stadium in Western Moscow can also be said as the prime hotspot stress-relief place of South East Asians. Hundreds of overseas workers spend their rest days here to unwind. In the summer, they...
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How Filipinos Abroad Can Dissolve Marriage with Spouses in the Philippines
Divorce is illegal in the Philippines though there are a few loopholes around this. Lawyer Joseph Inocencio from Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) delves deeper into the four ways Filipinos can...
View Article‘Tanim Bala’ Victim Gloria Ortinez Returns to the Philippines
Nanay Gloria is returning to the Philippines after all. A Filipina domestic helper whose return to Hong Kong was stalled after a bullet was found in her luggage at Ninoy Aquino International Airport is...
View ArticleFilipino Seafarer Honored for Rescuing Yachtman in Dangerous Waters
For his effort in rescuing a sailor whose life was in imminent danger, a Filipino seafarer has been honored in London, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported Monday. Filipino able seaman Vicente...
View ArticleUS-Bound Filipino Seafarer Charged After Bullet Found in Possession
Another day, another case of ‘tanim bala’? A Filipino seafarer bound for San Francisco, California was arrested Friday night at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for alleged possession of...
View ArticleCourt Extends Jail Term for Dubai Policeman for Abuse, Rape of Filipina
A policeman who earlier received sentence of five years in prison has his jail term extended to ten years for the rape of a Filipina last year. The appeal of defendant, SN, was rejected by Dubai...
View ArticleFilipina Sentenced to Jail in UAE For Fraud, Forgery
For defrauding a company manager of AED173,000 (P2.216 million), a Filipina in Dubai has been sent to jail for six months. The Court of First Instance found the Filipina, MJ, guilty of forgery and...
View ArticleFilipino in Dubai Arrested for Fixing Camera in the Bathroom to Watch...
A Filipino in Dubai was charged in court after he invaded the privacy of his housemates by fixing a recording device in the bathroom to record them naked. Forty-two-year-old MO, an accountant, rented a...
View ArticleDuterte Leads Metro Manila Pulse Asia Survey
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, who recently declared his plans to join the presidential race appears to be the top choice of one of every three Metro Manila voters, according to the latest survey...
View Article4 Requirements for Families Visiting OFWs Abroad
Filipinos who wish to visit relatives working abroad should have the required documents with them as they arrive at the airport, an official of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) official said. Floro C....
View ArticleNAIA Installs ‘Last Chance Booth’ To Clear Luggage of Banned Items
Amid fears of ‘tanim bala’ incidents that have continued to exist at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), booths with disposal bins were set up at strategic points in its entrance queuing areas....
View ArticlePhilippines Sending Sick Maids to Middle East?
Many domestic workers deployed by the Philippines to the Gulf region are found to be sick and did not undergo proper medical examination before they arrive, a regional health official said. Dr Tawfiq...
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