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Mga kababayan ng Kuwait social media star, hinimok siyang tumigil na

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 05:29 PM

KUWAIT - Dismayado ang karamihan sa mga Kuwaiti sa social media influencer na si Sondos Al-Qattan matapos na manindigan na hindi dapat payagan ang mga Pilipinong kasambahay sa Kuwait na hawakan ang kanilang pasaporte at hindi rin dapat bigyan ng day-off. Read more »

'Makina nga napapagod': Pahayag ng Kuwaiti influencer ikinagalit ng OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 20 09:47 PM

Reklamo ng Kuwaiti internet celebrity, bakit daw kailangang bigyan pa ng day-off ang mga Pinoy na kasambahay sa Kuwait. Read more »

Bumubuting relasyon ng Pilipinas at Kuwait, ikinatuwa ng OFWs

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau
Posted at May 10 07:22 PM

KUWAIT CITY – Nakatakdang pirmahan ng Kuwait at Pilipinas sa Biyernes ang kasunduan para sa proteksiyon at deployment ng Filipino household service workers dito. Read more »

'We don't want another Joanna Demafelis': PH lawmaker slams Kuwait

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 06:55 AM

MANILA - ACTS OFW party-list Rep. Aniceto “John” Bertiz III on Thursday condemned the expulsion of Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait Renato Villa over the controversial rescue of Filipino domestic workers in the Gulf State. Read more »

Duterte fixed PH-Kuwait rift over rescue video - Palace

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 12:41 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte averted a potential diplomatic fallout between the Philippines and Kuwait following the release of a video showing the rescue of distressed domestic workers in Kuwait. Read more »

Can matchmaking create happy homes for employers and migrants in Lebanon?

Heba Kanso, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Mar 02 02:53 PM

BEIRUT - When Jane came from the Philippines to Lebanon as a domestic worker to cook, clean and care for children, she only met her new boss on the day she moved into her house - and was unhappy from the outset. Read more »

Balik manggagawa, pinag-aaralan kung isasali sa total ban sa Kuwait

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 09:12 PM

Pinag-aaralan na rin ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang posibilidad na isama sa total deployment ban sa Kuwait ang mga balik manggagawa o returning workers. Read more »

The Sun Writers Club: Meet the maids reporting Hong Kong’s hidden stories

Shaun Turton, Coconuts Hong Kong
Posted at Dec 07 05:55 PM

After she finishes cooking dinner, cleaning up and reading her employer’s children a bedtime story, Marites Palma aims to be in bed by 9pm — especially if a deadline is looming. Read more »

Sacked for being pregnant, Hong Kong maids called 'dogs', left homeless

Lin Taylor, Reuters
Posted at Nov 08 09:36 AM

As soon as Indonesian domestic worker Anisa discovered she was pregnant with her first child, her heart sank.  Read more »

Asia must protect 'invisible workforce' in homes to curb slavery: UN

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 25 09:31 PM

Asia Pacific has one of the largest shares of the world's 67 million domestic workers, most of them women from impoverished families in countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia. Read more »

Pinoys in France join march for domestic workers’ rights

Marilyn Paed-Rayray, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Posted at Jul 01 06:50 PM

FRANCE – Filipinos were among the many nationalities who joined a rally led by several labor unions for domestic workers rights. Read more »

Tizon family speaks up on backlash after 'My Family's Slave' article

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 08:25 PM

Members of the Tizon family spoke with ABS-CBN News amid criticism following the controversial tell-all about a Filipino domestic worker treated as a slave for years within the confines of home. Read more »

Wife of late Fil-Am journalist Alex Tizon speaks out

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Updated as of May 26 08:26 AM

Melissa Tizon, the wife of the late Filipino American journalist Alex Tizon, spoke out after her family faced backlash since her husband’s article ‘My Family’s Slave’ went viral earlier this week.  Read more »

Maids in Hong Kong forced to sleep in toilets, cubbyholes - survey

Reuters
Posted at May 12 06:42 PM

Domestic workers in Hong Kong are being forced to sleep in toilets, tiny cubbyholes, and on balconies, activists found in an investigation that uncovered the "appalling" living conditions of maids in the wealthy financial hub. Read more »

Minimum pay to go up for Pinoy maids in Singapore

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 10:29 AM

According to the Singapore-based The Straits Times, the minimum salary for Filipino domestic helpers will be increased to S$570 starting May 1 to keep pace with exchange rate fluctuations. Read more »

Door opens in Japan for foreign domestics including Pinoys

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 04 11:12 AM

YOKOHAMA - The door has opened for the first foreign housekeepers to be hired under a Japanese government policy aimed at helping professional women re-enter the workforce after having children. Read more »

Usapin ng moratorium sa Kuwait, umani ng sari-saring reaksiyon

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau
Posted at Feb 03 06:30 PM

KUWAIT – Umani ng magkaibang pananaw ang balak na moratorium o pagtigil sa pagpapadala ng mga Pinay household service workers sa Kuwait.  Read more »

Job ads for foreign maids in Asia, Middle East highlight poor pay: study

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 06 05:01 PM

JAKARTA - A survey of ads for jobs in Asia and the Middle East found that foreign domestic workers are paid most in Hong Kong, yet earn a fraction of what they would make if they worked in wealthier countries. Read more »

Indonesian 'maid detectives' on mission to save women from trafficking

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jul 26 09:55 AM

JAKARTA - Rima Jayanti has not had formal training in detective work but with her sharp eye and gut instinct, her task is to spot Indonesian women at Jakarta's bustling airport in danger of being sent abroad to a life of domestic servitude. Read more »

Hong Kong's Filipino domestic workers vote to clean up back home

Kate Bartlett, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 26 10:58 AM

HONG KONG, China – Twerking, selfie-taking, picnicking and performing impromptu dance routines -- Hong Kong's 180,000-strong community of Filipino workers fill the city's public spaces on Sundays, their day off, to relax and party. Read more »