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Proposed department for OFWs to absorb POEA, OWWA functions: Bong Go

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 13 04:18 PM

The creation of the department will prevent the intervention of "exploitative illegal recruiters" that victimize OFWs, Go said. Read more »

Duterte says to form department for OFWs by December

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 12 08:24 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte promised Friday to establish a separate executive department to handle matters concerning Filipino migrant workers by December this year.   Read more »

Mexican authorities rescue 24 kidnapped migrants

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 06 06:11 PM

Mexican authorities on Friday rescued 24 Central American migrants, including nine children, who had been held hostage for nearly three weeks in the crime-ridden state of Guanajuato, officials said. Read more »

US relocates hundreds of migrant children from overcrowded border station

Kristina Cooke and Julio-Cesar Chavez, Reuters
Posted at Jun 25 12:01 PM

Nearly 250 migrant children have been relocated to children's shelters from an overcrowded Texas border patrol station where attorneys said they had been held for weeks in dirty conditions without adequate food and water.   Read more »

Pahirap sa OFWs? Koleksiyon ng SSS nakatali sa overseas employment contract

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 04:31 PM

MAYNILA - Nangangamba ang grupong Blas F. Ople Policy Center na baka ang pagtaas sa mga kontribusyon sa Social Security System (SSS) at PhilHealth ang magtulak pa sa mga Pilipinong humanap ng ilegal na paraan para lumabas at makapagtrabaho sa ibang bansa. Read more »

New Quebec law stresses migrants' skills, thousands must reapply

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 12:24 PM

MONTREAL - The Quebec provincial legislature on Sunday approved a controversial immigration bill that will replace a first-come, first-served standard for accepting migrants with one tied to an applicants' skills. Read more »

Househusbands on the rise as more Pinays work abroad

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 17 10:27 AM

Last year, women outnumbered the men working abroad, comprising 55.8 percent of the total 2.3 million OFWs, according to the Philippine Statistics Office.  Read more »

Filipino community honors Pinay helper kept as slave in US

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 10:57 PM

LOS ANGELES, United States - A Filipina victim of forced labor was honored during a gala commemorating Philippines' 121st Independence Day in Los Angeles, United States. Read more »

Kuwaiti cop tagged in Pinay rape charged: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 06:15 PM

MANILA - The Kuwaiti police officer tagged in the sexual assault of a Filipina worker in the Gulf state has been charged with rape, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday.   Read more »

UN envoy Jolie meets Colombian president over Venezuelan migrant kids

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 08:23 AM

Actress and UN special envoy for refugees Angelina Jolie met Saturday with Colombian President Ivan Duque to advocate for the estimated 20,000 children of Venezuelan migrants left with uncertain status after their parents fled their crisis-wracked home country.  Read more »

Canada Conservative leader says migrant numbers should serve national interest

Reuters
Posted at May 29 12:40 PM

OTTAWA - Canada's Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer on Tuesday said the number of migrants admitted every year should be in line with the best interests of the country, as he laid out his position on immigration policy ahead of an October national election. Read more »

UAE offers golden visas to investors, 'exceptional talents'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 22 07:28 AM

The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday it has launched a permanent residency scheme to attract wealthy individuals and highly skilled workers to the oil-rich Gulf country. Read more »

Canada expels undocumented Pinay caregiver

Rowena Papasin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 02:35 PM

VANCOUVER, Canada - Canada has ordered the removal of a Filipino caregiver who has been working illegally in the country for almost five years. Read more »

First Japanese-Filipino restaurant in Milan pushes Pinoy cuisine to new heights

Mye Mulingtapang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 05:10 PM

MILAN, Italy - Filipino food is equivalent to home cooking and fiesta, which is also the reason why it has not received much exposure and just a reminder of home for overseas workers.  Read more »

Pinay nurse now recruitment agency owner in Ireland

Roderick Garcia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 08:43 PM

COUNTY CORK, Ireland - A Filipina nurse from Bacolod City shared how she was able to start her own business and overcome the struggles that comes with it. Read more »

Agribusiness isinusulong para sa mga OFW sa Italya

Mye Mulingtapang, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 09:28 PM

MILAN, Italy – Isang dating overseas Filipino worker (OFW) ang nagbabahagi ngayon ng mga programa, oportunidad at serbisyo hinggil sa agribusiness para sa mga manggagawang Pilipino sa abroad. Read more »

Ilang Koreano, nagreklamo ng pangingikil vs ilang taga-Immigration

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 02 09:22 PM

Inireklamo ng ilang Koreano ang umano'y pangingikil ng ilang ahente ng Bureau of Immigration.  Read more »

Grupo ng Pilipino sa Italy nagbabala laban sa illegal recruitment

Maricel E. Burgonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 03:50 PM

TORINO, Italy - Nagbabala ang grupo ng Filipino communities sa Torino at Cuneo na iwasan ang iligal na paraan sa pagpaparating ng mga kamag-anak sa Italy mula Pilipinas. Read more »

For migrant youths claiming abuse, US protection can be elusive

Mica Rosenberg, Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 12:21 AM

NEW YORK - Growing up in eastern Honduras, Jose said his father would get drunk and beat him with a horse whip and the flat side of a machete. He said he watched his father, a coffee farmer whose crops succumbed to plague, hit his mother on the head with a pistol, sending her to the hospital for three days. Read more »

Pekeng recruiter na nag-aalok ng trabaho sa Canada, New Zealand timbog

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 07 11:44 PM

Ilan pa sa mga biktima ay nagbenta ng mga alagang hayop sa bukid at nangutang para lang makapagbayad sa pekeng recruiter. Read more »