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Filipina household helper bags Spirit of Hong Kong award

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 01:29 AM

 A Filipina domestic helper who set up a group to help her colleagues were among the individuals who won this year's Spirit of Hong Kong Awards. Read more »

Pinay domestic workers, nangunguna sa cricket league sa Hong Kong

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 09:28 PM

Pinay domestic workers ang players ng isang cricket team sa Hong Kong. Read more »

Cleaning up: Filipina domestic workers take Hong Kong cricket by storm

Talek Harris, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 19 03:50 PM

Despite no background in the game, scant coaching and very little time, the SCC Divas have made a startling impact, winning Hong Kong's development league twice in their first 2 seasons and going unbeaten since stepping up to the main divisions this year. Read more »

Salaries of Hong Kong domestic workers top HK$5,000 for first time

Kathleen Magramo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 19 04:58 PM

Salaries for helpers have reached HK$5,012 per month on average, about 8 per cent higher than the statutory minimum of HK$4,630 for domestic workers, according to HelperChoice, which studied the data of more than 10,000 job postings on its online platform over the past 12 months. Read more »

Some 47,000 OFWs still 'stuck' in Middle East as COVID-19 pandemic continues: DFA

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 06:30 PM

Some 47,000 overseas Filipino workers are still "stuck" in the Middle East amid the COVID-19 pandemic as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) awaits the disbursement of additional funds for their repatriation, officials said Thursday. Read more »

HK madam raked in HK$31.5-M profit during 9-year run operating prostitution ring

Jasmine Siu, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 06 03:38 PM

A Hong Kong housewife and her Filipino domestic helpers operated a sex syndicate for nine years out of a Mid-Levels residence, raking in profits of up to HK$31.5 million (US$4.1 million), the District Court heard on Monday. Read more »

Pinay can still appeal ruling on HK live-in policy: migrant workers' group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 11:55 AM

MANILA - The Court of Appeals in Hong Kong has ruled against the case filed by a Filipino domestic worker challenging the government’s requirement that migrant domestic workers must live with the employers. Read more »

OWWA: 2 nasawing OFW sa Lebanon makatatanggap ng death at burial benefits

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 04:59 PM

“Batay po sa record, sila po ay kasambahay doon,” sabi ni Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac ng OWWA sa panayam sa ABS-CBN Teleradyo.  Read more »

Domestic workers among few Hong Kongers who will miss TikTok

Katie Forster, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 09 11:58 AM

HONG KONG - TikTok's exit from Hong Kong was met with a shrug among many locals who distrust the Chinese social media platform, but the app had been embraced by many foreign domestic workers as a way to creatively escape the drudgery of their toil.   Read more »

How housekeepers and domestic helpers can safely return to work

Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 19 09:43 AM

Around the world, millions of domestic workers were abruptly sent away when coronavirus shutdowns and social distancing orders were imposed. Now as communities begin to reopen, many people are wondering when it will be safe to open their houses again to domestic helpers. Read more »

Death of Filipina in embassy shelter in Lebanon under probe: envoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 07:34 AM

MANILA — Authorities are investigating the apparent suicide of a Filipina domestic worker at a shelter run by her embassy in Lebanon, a consular official said Wednesday. Read more »

Some OFWs allegedly forced to work as domestic helpers to weather pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 10:30 AM

Some manpower agencies are allegedly forcing overseas Filipino workers to serve as domestic workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a sector advocate said Monday.    Read more »

HK warns it will ban employers from hiring domestic workers if not given isolation quarters

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 22 01:42 PM

Employers who fail to provide their own quarantine facilities or quarters for their arriving foreign domestic workers risk having their hired help and their future applications rejected by authorities, Hong Kong warned Saturday. Read more »

HK relaxes visa restrictions on foreign domestic workers amid COVID-19 pandemic

Jan Yumul , ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 04:24 PM

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Government has announced it would "flexibly consider" foreign domestic workers' applications to extend their stay in the city as visitors for the purpose of finding a new employer amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.    Read more »

HK authorities: Domestic worker positive for COVID-19 recently traveled to PH

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 21 07:32 PM

HONG KONG (UPDATED) - A Filipino domestic worker who arrived in Hong Kong from the Philippines on March 11 was among 48 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Friday, the highest number reported in a day in the former British colony, according to local health authorities.  Read more »

HK employers told to make necessary arrangements for domestic workers as compulsory home quarantine takes effect

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 19 08:19 PM

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Labor Department has appealed to employers of foreign domestic workers and employment agencies "to make necessary arrangements" to accommodate compulsory home quarantine for domestic workers travelling to Hong Kong.  Read more »

HK gov’t extends foreign domestic workers' contracts as city faces 'new wave' of COVID-19 infections

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 19 06:54 PM

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Labor Department has said the flexibility arrangement on the validity period of the contracts of foreign domestic workers will be extended with immediate effect in response to the latest development on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the city.  Read more »

Domestic workers unprotected in fight vs COVID-19: HK study

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 04:11 PM

Thousands of foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong face the risk of being infected with COVID-19, after a study found that many experienced insufficient protection from the virus, as well as additional workload amid the lack of labor provisions covering the city's household. Read more »

As Italy grapples with COVID-19 outbreak, so have Pinoy domestic workers there

Mye Mulingtapang, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 13 09:17 PM

Italy is home to 168,292 Filipinos, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics. Read more »

Coronavirus chaos leads to job loss for some Filipinos in Hong Kong

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 04 01:39 PM

At least 35 Filipino domestic workers lost their jobs in Hong Kong due to increasing cases of the novel coronavirus from China, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said Wednesday.  Read more »