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Minimum age para sa domestic workers itaas sa 18: child rights group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 08:01 PM

Itinutulak na itaas sa 18 anyos ang minimum age na maaaring payagang maging domestic worker o kasambahay ang isang tao. Read more »

Filipina helper in SG acquitted of theft, said boss compensated her for his sexual advances

South China Morning Post by Today Online
Posted at Nov 03 01:56 PM

The domestic worker was found guilty of withdrawing US$5,800 from her elderly employer’s bank account, but appealed and won. It comes soon after a high-profile case in which an Indonesian helper was acquitted of stealing from ex-Changi Airport Group chairman Liew Mun Leong. Read more »

Struck with shoe, ladle, phone: Singapore woman jailed 6 months for beating Filipino domestic worker

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Oct 22 08:38 AM

A 54-year-old Singapore woman who repeatedly struck and slapped her domestic worker over at least five years, using items like a high-heeled shoe and a ladle, was sentenced to six months' jail on Tuesday. Read more »

OFW na maghuhulog ng pera nawawala sa Saudi

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 04:12 PM

MAYNILA - Humingi ng tulong ang mga kaanak ng isang overseas Filipino worker sa Riyadh, Saudi Arabia matapos na mabigo itong umuwi makaraang utusang maghulog ng pera ng kasamahan. Read more »

'Buhay pa ko'? Pinay domestic worker recounts horrific experience in Beirut blast

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 08 01:11 PM

MANILA - A Filipino domestic worker in Lebanon already considers it her second life after surviving the twin blasts that killed over 130 people and wounded 5,000 others in the country’s capital of Beirut.   Read more »

Filipina domestic worker commits suicide in Lebanon: embassy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 06:44 AM

BEIRUT - A Filipina domestic worker has committed suicide in Lebanon at a shelter run by her embassy, consular officials said Sunday, days after a rights group complained about accommodation at the shelter.   Read more »

6 more Filipino musicians in HK infected with COVID-19: officials

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 10:56 AM

Six more Filipino musicians and a newly-arrived domestic worker have tested positive for COVID-19, Hong Kong health authorities said Tuesday. Read more »

Video of Pinay admitting to having COVID-19 while in Switzerland surfaces online

Mye Mulingtapang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 07:00 PM

A video of a Filipino domestic worker from Italy who contracted the coronavirus disease while in Switzerland with her employer is circulating online. Read more »

Singapore confirms 3rd Filipino to test positive for COVID-19

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 03 03:03 PM

MANILA - The Singapore government has announced that an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) is among those who recently tested positive for the coronavirus disease. Read more »

Pinay in Singapore tests positive for COVID-19, says health ministry

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 29 11:05 PM

The Singaporean government said this recent case involves a 41-year-old domestic worker, who is now in isolation at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. Read more »

Filipino domestic workers in HK urged to report unjust termination amid outbreak

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 07:41 AM

Philippine labor officials on Sunday urged Filipino domestic workers to report any unjust termination due to the coronavirus outbreak and the travel ban earlier imposed on Hong Kong.    Read more »

Filipino domestic worker positive for COVID-19 infection: HK hospital

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 07:16 PM

A foreign domestic worker patient in Hong Kong has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a hospital said Tuesday. Read more »

Filipina quarantined in Hong Kong due to 2019-nCoV to be released

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 11:10 PM

The Filipina was placed under strict quarantine last Jan. 23 at the Maclehose Holiday Camp in Sai Kung town. Read more »

2nd Filipino domestic worker quarantined in Hong Kong

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 05 10:09 AM

The case would be the second Filipino in Hong Kong put in quarantine in less than a month.   Read more »

Hong Kong to extend PH domestic workers' stay amid China travel ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 11:06 PM

Hong Kong's Commission for Labor said that workers with FDH contracts that will expire on or before March 31, 2020 will be given a chance to apply directly to the Director of Immigration for extension of stay. Read more »

HK migrant group urges clear guidelines amid 2019-nCoV spread

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 29 12:52 PM

Migrant support group Mission for Migrant Workers (MFMW) is calling on the Hong Kong government to provide clear labor guidelines and health precautionary measures for the city's estimated 300,000 foreign domestic workers Read more »

Pinay in HK quarantined after exposure to new coronavirus: consulate

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 26 06:00 PM

A Filipina domestic worker in Hong Kong was quarantined after being exposed to her employer's 2 guests who tested positive for new coronavirus, the Philippine Consulate there said Sunday. Read more »

Palace outraged by death of Pinay domestic worker in Kuwait

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 06:08 PM

Malacañang on Wednesday condemned the death of a Filipina domestic worker in the hands of her employer’s wife in Kuwait. Read more »

Mary Jane Veloso pinayagan ng Korte Suprema na tumestigo laban sa mga recruiter

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 01:34 AM

Umaasa naman ang kaniyang mga abugado na makatutulong ito para tuluyang maialis siya sa death row. Read more »

Hong Kong domestic helpers' monthly wage up 3 percent: survey

Ng Kang-chung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 12 09:50 AM

The wage findings, released on Wednesday, showed a higher demand for domestic helpers in Wan Chai and Sai Kung, where average salaries were up by 9.6 percent and 7.1 percent respectively from a year ago. Read more »