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Run after recruiters using ?repro? scheme, group urges POEA
2009-09-15 03:43:00 Filipina worker Irene Pinay signed a contract saying she will work as a cook assistant in Saudi Arabia for 950 riyals or more than P12,000. Instead, she ended up working as a domestic worker for only SR750 or almost P10,000. According to Victor E. R. Fernandez Jr., president of the Philippine Association of Service Exporters Inc. ... More About: Group
A different kind of overseas Filipino
2009-09-14 23:41:00 Filipinos working abroad are so commonplace that “OFW” is part of our vocabulary and consciousness, and our GDP rises and falls significantly according to the influx of remittances. Among the millions of Filipinos working abroad, however, there are a few hundred who leave the Philippines as volunteers ? which, by definition, means that there are ... More About: Filipino , Overseas
Pinay mail-order brides still rampant in S-Korea
2009-09-14 03:39:00 Despite an ongoing ban on illegal matchmaking agencies, a number of Filipino women were married to their South Korea n partners as mail-order brides, according to a Philippine envoy. In a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Luis Cruz said that as of April 2009, around 6,000 Filipino women met their South Korean spouses ... More About: Mail , Brides , Pinay , Order
Stranded OFWs in Jeddah to be home soon
2009-09-14 03:38:00 Some 170 undocumented Filipino workers in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia will finally be sent home after more than a year of living under a bridge. Philippine Consul General Ezzedin Tago said the group is now in a Saudi deportation center for the processing of their exit papers and would be sent home as soon as possible. The workers ... More About: Home
Guam to hire 20,000 skilled OFWs in 2010
2009-09-12 04:14:00 Filipino overseas workers may soon apply for the 20,000 job openings in Guam as the United States transfers its military facilities from Okinawa, Japan to its US Pacific Island territory. Administrator Jennifer Manalili of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) clarified that the deployment of workers to Guam will start only in the first quarter of ... More About: Hire
?POEA objection to OFW insurance is baseless?
2009-09-11 09:09:00 The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has no reason to reject the proposed congressional measure for the adoption of a compulsory liability insurance scheme for all overseas Filipino workers (OFW), local recruiters said on Thursday. House Bill No. 5649, also known as ?An Act Improving the Standards of Protection and Assistance for Migrant Workers,” seeks to ... More About: Insurance
Bowling tourney held to aid RP?s poor families
2009-09-10 10:50:00 A Filipino women?s group based in Austria held a charity bowling tournament to benefit its scholarship projects in the southern Philippines. ?I am really a bowling fan. I have been participating in all Pinoy Bowling tournaments here and when I learned that there is a charity bowling for the benefit of our less privileged kababayans in ... More About: Poor , Families , Held
Globe Telecom offers IDD load for OFW families
2009-09-10 10:49:00 Globe Telecom Inc. is now offering prepaid credit for international direct dialling (IDD) services to help keep Filipinos connected to their loved ones overseas. In a statement, the second-largest telecommunications firm said it has launched its IDD Suki promo, which allows Globe prepaid subscribers to purchase IDD credit in sari-sari stores, groceries, and other load outlets. “Since ... More About: Globe , Offers , Load , Families
Two Pinoy charity orgs launched in UK
2009-09-10 10:48:00 Two Filipino organizations that aim to promote the interest and welfare of Pinoy s and Mindanao region were launched recently in London. Deputy Chief of Mission Rey Catapang, named the two groups as Luzviminda Foundation and the Mindanao Peace Initiative-United Kingdom. ?We will also launch the Mindanao Peace Initiative and of course the Luzviminda Foundation,? said Catapang. Catapang made ... More About: Charity , Launched
Fil-Am priest wins showdown with Iron Chef
2009-09-10 10:47:00 WHEATON, Maryland. Filipino American priest Leo Patalinghug didn?t need divine intervention to win a fajita showdown with America?s ?Iron Chef ? Bobby Flay. Fr. Leo?s fusion fajita ? which incorporated Filipino, Mexican and American flavors ? was declared the winner in an episode of ?Throwdown with Bobby Flay? which is shown in the highly rated Food ... More About: Wins , Priest
Pinoy auditor in Saipan accused of stealing from company
2009-06-18 16:02:00 GARAPAN, Saipan ? A Filipino auditor for a gas station outlet in Saipan has been barred from leaving the US territory for allegedly stealing money from a company owned by the board chair of the NMI Crime Stoppers program. Virginia C. Hernandez was arrested on June 10 at the Saipan international airport as she was about ... More About: Company , Pinoy , Stealing , Auditor
Arrested Filipinos dressed in drag freed in KSA
2009-06-18 00:26:00 At least 69 Filipinos who were arrested in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last June 12 for wearing women?s clothing at a private party have been released. Vice Consul Roussel Reyes told GMANews.TV on Wednesday that 69, not 72 as earlier reported, were arrested in an Independence Day ?gay pageant” at a private villa. They were ... More About: Arrested , Drag
RP incurs dollar deficit in May
2009-06-18 00:24:00 Due to debt payments RP incurs dollar deficit in May The country?s balance of payments (BOP) registered a deficit in May from a surplus the previous month mainly due to the debt payments of the national government, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Wednesday. In a statement, the central bank said the country?s BOP registered ... More About: Economy , Dollar , Deficit
UAE court upholds 33-year-old Pinoy?s jail term for rape
2009-06-17 14:49:00 A Dubai appellate court has upheld the three-month jail term of a 33-year-old Filipino who was found guilty by a lower court of raping a Filipino housemaid last September, a report said on Wednesday. Online news site Khaleej Times (www.khaleejtimes.com) said the Dubai Court of Appeals upheld Tuesday the decision of the Criminal Court of First ... More About: Pinoy , Jail , Rape , Year
Group slams swine flu racial profiling in HK
2009-06-17 14:46:00 An organization of Filipino workers in Hong Kong on Wednesday decried the alleged discrimination against foreign domestic helpers as officials moved to control the spread of the A(H1N1) flu virus. ?It is SARS all over again. With the swine flu epidemic, the threats of racial profiling and discriminatory treatment against foreign workers in Hong Kong loom ... More About: Hongkong , Group , Racial
12 outstanding Filipinos honored in Qatar
2009-06-17 14:27:00 Office secretary Edward Tan found 30,000 Qatar i riyals or almost P400,000 at a parking lot in Doha, Qatar and decided to return the money to the authorities. His honest gesture was not left unnoticed. The Philippine Independence Organizing Committee honored Tan and 11 other Filipinos during the opening ceremony of the Philippine Independence Day celebrations at ... More About: Outstanding
BSP says RP economy remains stable despite global crisis
2009-06-17 12:48:00 The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Tuesday said that the country’s economy remains stable inspite of the current global financial turmoil. “Kung ating natatandaan sa mga nagdaang araw, ang ating ekonomiya ay nananatiling matatag inspite of global crisis (If we can recall in the past days, our economy remains stable inspite of global crisis),” ... More About: Economy , Global , Crisis
Remittance, ERP to help boost RP economy this year - BSP
2009-06-17 12:47:00 Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. believes the domestic economy can withstand the global slowdown and continue to post growth this year. This even after the government further revised downward its 2009 growth target while the International Monetary Fund (IMF) now see a one percent contraction for the Philippines economy this year. ... More About: Economy , Boost , Year
Another Filipino nurse in KSA found with A(H1N1)
2009-06-17 06:08:00 A Filipino nurse in Saudi Arabia was reported to be among the new A(H1N1) cases there, an online news site reported Wednesday. Khaleej Times reported the Filipino nurse, whose name was withheld, is working at the King Fahd National Guard Hospital in Riyadh. It said the nurse was among three new cases of A(H1N1) in Riyadh, Dhahran ... More About: Nurse
?Swine flu? cases reach 247 in RP
2009-06-17 06:06:00 Health authorities on Tuesday reported 54 new confirmed cases of Influenza A(H1N1) flu virus in the country. The Philippines? now has 247 confirmed cases of the flu?although mostly mild ones?making it the 12th country with the most number of cases among the 76 countries that reported confirmed cases of A(H1N1), according to the reports. Based on the ... More About: Reach , Cases
3 Filipinas rescued from prostitution den in Malaysia
2009-03-20 01:59:00 Three Filipinas were rescued recently from a prostitution den in Malaysia , Senator Manuel Villar has said. Villar said Grace, Evelyn, and Rhea were rescued by officials of the Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, with the help of Malaysian authorities, from a house in Kuching where they were locked up. Embassy officials reportedly got the information about the ... More About: Prostitution
Filipino arrested for trying to import child porn to Australia
2009-03-20 01:58:00 A 49-year-old Filipino man has been arrested in Australia for allegedly trying to bring in child pornography, an online report said on Wednesday. The West Australian said that the suspect was stopped by Customs and Border Protection at the Perth International Airport last Friday after arriving on a flight from Singapore. The report said that child pornography ... More About: Arrested , Child , Import
Group questions assignment of RP police attaché to KSA
2009-03-20 01:57:00 A migrants rights group on Thursday questioned the Philippine government?s priorities in assigning a police attaché to Saudi Arabia instead of providing more legal experts to assist the numerous cases of distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The Hongkong based Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APPM) said Senior Supt. Jimmy L. Manabat of the Philippine National Police ... More About: Questions , Group
OFW money may drop, cutting growth targets
2009-03-20 01:56:00 Money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) may drop by as much as a third this year, cutting consumption demand and compromising the country?s growth goals. Remittances may decline to $11.4 billion for 2009, Citibank said during its Asia-Pacific market analysis held on Thursday. The cited figure is approximately 30 percent lower than 2008?s ... More About: Economy , Money , Growth , Drop , Cutting
UAE, RP agencies ink labor training accord
2009-03-18 16:30:00 A Philippine agency and a United Arab Emirates (UAE) “counterpart” have signed an agreement for the training and certification of Filipino welders, online news site Khaleej Times (www.khaleejtimes.com) reported. Philippine-based Primary Skills Incorporated (PSI) in Manila and the Middle East Industrial Training Institute (MEITI) based in UAE signed the agency agreement March 12, at the Philippine ... More About: Labor , Agencies , Accord
New Zealand: Luring or repelling Filipino nurses?
2009-03-18 16:29:00 New Zealand : Luring or repelling Filipino nurses? KIMBERLY JANE T. TAN, GMANews.TV Amid speculations that New Zealand is cutting down on foreign workers, the island country is still marketing itself to be a ?choice” destination country for overseas Filipino workers (OFW). Currently, OFWs in New Zealand are faced with the alleged tightening of registration for foreign nurses, taking ... More About: New Zealand , Nurses
Japan eyes RP as lay-up haven for ships
2009-03-18 16:27:00 Japan eyes RP as lay-up haven for ships MARK JOSEPH UBALDE, GMANews.TV Japan is eyeing the Philippines to become the lay-up haven of their international vessels as the global economic crisis continues to slowdown demand on imported products. Labor Secretary Marianito Roque told reporters in a press briefing in Manila on Wednesday that Japanese ship owners are hinting ... More About: Japan , Eyes , Ships , Haven
Qatar Labor Ministry rejects OFWs? complaints
2009-03-17 13:27:00 Qatar?s Ministry of Labor has rejected the complaints filed some Filipino workers against Woolim-Hyundai Engineering on grounds that their contracts were not valid, Migrante-Middle East said on Tuesday. John Leonardo Monterona, Migrante Middle East coordinator, said in an e-mail that OFW Gil Lebria and other several co-workers visited the Labor Ministry in the capital city of ... More About: Qatar
Remittance growth flat in January, BSP reports
2009-03-17 02:53:00 Remittance growth flat in January , BSP reports RUBY ANNE M. RUBIO, GMANews.TV Money sent home by Filipinos working abroad decelerated in January with sea-based workers keeping remittances afloat amid global economic slowdown that has displaced some land-based workers in the United States. Remittances managed to grow by 0.1 percent year-on-year to $1.27 billion from $1.26 billion ?despite the ... More About: Economy , Growth , Flat
Laid off Pinoy cook arrested for Dubai theft
More articles from this author:2009-03-17 02:27:00 A Filipino cook was arrested in the United Arab Emirates for pocketing more than 22,000 dirhams (Dh) or roughly 286,000 pesos from his former employer using duplicate keys. An online report from Gulf News said the Filipino was arrested by Dubai ’s Criminal Investigation Department in the Port Saeed area but retrieved from him only a total ... More About: Arrested , Pinoy , Theft , Cook 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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