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Mga OFW na apektado ng ban sa Kuwait, planong ipadala sa Japan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 02:00 AM

Plano namang ipadala sa Japan ang mga domestic helper na apektado ng ban sa Kuwait. Read more »

Labor chief open to partial lifting of Kuwait deployment ban

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 05:17 PM

The deployment ban for domestic workers, however, is unlikely to be lifted anytime soon. Read more »

Witness denies report HK woman was bitten by Filipino helper's dog

David Dizon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 19 08:41 PM

The original uploader of a viral video showing a Chinese woman verbally abusing a Filipino domestic helper has denied a report that the Chinese got mad because she was bitten by the domestic helper's dog.  Read more »

PH, Kuwait agree on draft deal for OFW protection

Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 09:26 PM

The Philippines and Kuwait have concurred on a draft deal for the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) after initially disagreeing, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Friday. Read more »

PH, Kuwait fail to agree on draft deal for OFW protection

Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 09:27 PM

The Philippines and Kuwait have failed to agree on a draft deal for the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Friday. Read more »

'You are just a helper!' Video of local woman shouting at Filipino domestic helper goes viral

Coconuts Hong Kong
Updated as of Mar 16 04:39 PM

HONG KONG - A local woman has been filmed unleashing a torrent of verbal abuse at a domestic helper, shouting at her to "go back to the Philippines" during a five-minute tirade at a park in Hong Kong yesterday. Read more »

Lawmaker urges government to forge OFW protection deal with Kuwait

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 06:21 PM

ACTS OFW party-list Rep. John Bertiz said a bilateral agreement would be more binding and could provide better protection, particularly for Filipino domestic workers.   Read more »

Missing Filipina found safe in Saudi Arabia

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 04:33 AM

A Filipina domestic helper, who was earlier reported in a comatose state at a hospital in Kuwait, was found safe and well in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, government officials said early Thursday morning.  Read more »

'Kafala' system for Middle East OFWs must stop: official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 03:52 PM

The government should not allow Filipinos to find work in the Middle East under the "kafala" or sponsorship system, which leaves them vulnerable to abuse, an official said Wednesday. Read more »

Tragic homecoming for slain Ilongga after years of working overseas

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 07:40 PM

The remains of the Filipina domestic helper found stuffed in a freezer in Kuwait arrived in her hometown of Sara, Iloilo Sunday afternoon. Read more »

Body of OFW found in freezer in Kuwait arrives in Iloilo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 17 10:39 AM

The remains of the Filipina domestic helper found in a freezer at an abandoned apartment in Kuwait arrived in Iloilo early Saturday, as her grieving family and community called for justice.    Read more »

Not to Kuwait

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 05:18 PM

The Duterte government has banned the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (new hires only) to Kuwait after news of domestic helper Joanna Demafelis' brutal killing in the Gulf State surfaced. Read more »

OFW killed in Kuwait comes home

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 12:18 PM

The remains of Joanna Daniela Demafelis, the OFW whose body was found in a freezer in Kuwait, arrive at the cargo terminal 1 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City on Friday. Read more »

Suspek sa pagkamatay ng Pinay na natagpuan sa freezer sa Kuwait, pinaghahanap

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 09 04:41 PM

Pinaghahanap na ng mga awtoridad sa Kuwait ang suspek sa pagkamatay ng isang Pilipinang natagpuang nakasilid sa loob ng freezer. Read more »

Kolehiyong pagmamay-ari ng isang Pinay, patok sa UK

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 01:43 AM

Kung nahuhuli ang Pilipinas sa ibang bansa sa Asya sa paggamit ng wikang Ingles, pinatunayan ng isang Pinay na in-demand at pinagkakatiwalaan pa rin ang mga Pinoy sa pagtuturo ng wikang Ingles sa United Kingdom. Read more »

From mother to daughter, a Filipino family looks overseas for survival

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 22 05:54 PM

From mother to daughter, two generations of a Manila-based family sought work in Hong Kong for better wages to support siblings despite years of separation. Read more »

Abused ex-maid in Hong Kong urges others to speak out

Kyodo News
Updated as of Dec 22 09:01 PM

A former Indonesian domestic worker who nearly three years ago won a landmark court case in Hong Kong against her abusive former employer on Friday urged other victims to speak out and expose any mistreatment. Read more »

Hong Kong woman ordered to pay abused maid $100,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 21 10:02 PM

A Hong Kong woman jailed for six years for starving and beating her Indonesian domestic helper was ordered by a court on Thursday to pay more than $100,000 in damages for the "inhumane" abuse.   Read more »

Slavery or deportation: limbo land for UK's foreign maids

Kieran Guilbert, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 02 01:52 AM

More than 17,000 domestic workers such as Mary are brought to Britain each year - mainly by wealthy families visiting from Gulf countries - and many complain of being exploited by employers who lock them up, abuse them and withhold pay.   Read more »

Minimum wage ng mga kasambahay sa Hong Kong itinaas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 03:04 PM

Itinaas ngayong Sabado ang suweldo ng mga kasambahay sa Hong Kong na sumasahod ng minimum wage.  Read more »