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Cebu Pacific cancels some Manila-Dubai flights

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 05:55 PM

Cebu Pacific is canceling several flights to Dubai after aviation authorities there capped the number of passengers from the Philippines this month. Read more »

UAE wants Emiratis in 10 pct of private jobs by 2026

Reuters
Posted at Sep 12 08:44 PM

Private sector companies in the UAE will have to fill 10% of their positions with Emirati nationals within five years, the UAE said on Sunday, announcing its latest tranche of economic reforms. Read more »

Global Filipino organization, nanawagan para sa mga kuwentong OFW

Annalyn Mabini | TFC News
Posted at Aug 17 03:38 PM

Hinihikayat ang lahat ng mga Pilipino sa Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Canada at USA na magsumite ng kanilang likhang akda para sa “Lipad, Layag, Lapag." Read more »

359 more Filipinos repatriated from UAE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 03:11 AM

MANILA - Around 359 more Filipinos were repatriated from the United Arab Emirates on Friday. Read more »

DFA brings home over 1,000 OFWs from Middle East

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 08:16 PM

The OFWs, according to the agency, arrived in Davao, Cebu, and Manila. They underwent screening through RT-PCR tests and will still undergo mandatory quarantine. Read more »

Kuwait bans unvaccinated citizens from traveling abroad

Reuters
Posted at Jul 28 08:31 AM

CAIRO - Kuwait on Tuesday said only citizens who have been vaccinated for the coronavirus will be allowed to travel abroad starting on Aug. 1. Read more »

'A setup for slavery': Duterte again seeks scrapping of kafala system

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 06:43 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called on Middle East countries to abolish the abusive kafala system, warning that he would ask overseas Filipino workers to return home if his request is not heeded. Read more »

Kuwait shuts down children's activities to combat coronavirus

Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 08:18 AM

CAIRO - The Kuwaiti Cabinet decided on Monday to close down all activities for children, including summer clubs, from July 25 until further notice, as a precautionary measure to combat the spread of coronavirus.  Read more »

PH embassy shelter in Syria now empty, last batch of trafficked OFWs repatriated

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 19 12:14 PM

DAMASCUS, Syria— For the first time in history, the Filipino Workers Resource Center (FWRC) Shelter in Syria was fully emptied out of all its wards on June 24 after the repatriation of the last group of survivors of human trafficking and illegal recruitment in line with an intense Philippine Embassy campaign. Read more »

Ice baths for the mind and body break heat of UAE desert

Reuters
Updated as of Jun 28 11:27 AM

As the morning sun bakes the orange dunes of the UAE desert, a man lowers himself into a tinkling tub of ice. Read more »

Higit 200 OFWs pa-Saudi di pa rin nakakaalis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 08:21 PM

Nasa 205 overseas Filipino workers (OFW) na naapektuhan ng deployment suspension ang hindi pa rin nakakaalis papuntang Saudi Arabia hanggang ngayong Miyerkoles.  Read more »

Ilang OFWs na papunta sana sa Saudi nakatengga pa rin sa hotels

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 08:03 PM

Nitong Biyernes ay biglaang naglabas ng kautusan ang DOLE) at pinigilan ang pag-alis ng mga OFW papuntang Saudi. Read more »

Israel envoy to UAE warns of 'Kristallnacht' moment

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 27 08:27 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Israel's ambassador to the UAE warned on Wednesday of a "Kristallnacht moment", with anti-Semitism on the rise, at a Holocaust memorial exhibition billed as a first for the Middle East. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 21, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:23 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Ceasefire in Gaza

Mahmud Hams, AFP
Updated as of May 21 10:32 AM

A ceasefire brokered by Egypt came into force after 11 days of deadly fighting that has claimed the lives of at least 232 Palestinians and 12 Israelis.  Read more »

OWWA: Nasa 5,000 OFWs apektado ng travel restrictions sa Oman, UAE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 07:54 PM

Mahigit 5,000 OFWs ang maaapektuhan ng travel ban na ipapatupad sa mga pasahero na galing UAE at Oman. Read more »

At least 35 killed in Gaza, 5 in Israel, as violence escalates

Nidal al-Mughrabi, Jeffrey Heller and Stephen Farrell, Reuters
Posted at May 12 11:35 AM

Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza into the early hours of Wednesday, as the Islamist group and other Palestinian militants fired multiple rocket barrages at Tel Aviv and Beersheba.   Read more »

PH may slow down OFW deployment in countries still practicing kafala system: Bello

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 03:53 PM

MANILA - Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III believes that countries in the Middle East still practicing the kafala system will grant President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for the complete abolition of the practice.   Read more »

Dubai allows breastfeeding women to get COVID-19 vaccine

Reuters
Posted at Apr 17 07:19 PM

DUBAI - The Dubai Health Authority said on Saturday it was allowing women who are breastfeeding and those planning on conceiving to take the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Dubai Media Office. Read more »

Dubai orders deportations for naked balcony photo shoot

Reuters
Posted at Apr 07 06:16 PM

Dubai will deport a group of people involved in a naked photo shoot on a high-rise balcony in the emirate, authorities said after criticizing the incident as out of line with the values of the United Arab Emirates. Read more »