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Japan nangangailangan ng libo-libong caregivers: recruitment agency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 07:23 PM

Walang gagastusin ang aplikante dahil sagot ito lahat ng employer at pag nakapasa, US$1,300 o mahigit P60,000 kada buwan ang take home pay. Read more »

Bahrain lauded for protecting Filipinos working there

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 09:52 PM

Foreign affairs officials on Wednesday thanked Bahrain for being a “leader in the region” in protecting migrant workers, including many overseas Filipino workers.    Read more »

Araw ng mga migrante ginunita; dagdag na proteksyon sa OFWs inihirit

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 06:52 PM

Ayon kay Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite, may mga panukalang batas na sa Kamara para tugunan ang hinaing ng mga tripulanteng Pinoy. Read more »

International Migrants Day: Reimagining Human Mobility

Gustavo Gonzalez and Kristin Dadey
Posted at Dec 18 11:39 AM

Read the UN's message honoring OFWs in commemoration of International Migrants Day Read more »

Remittance flows to fall 14% by 2021 as migration falls, says World Bank

Reuters
Posted at Oct 30 01:03 AM

The amount of money migrant workers send home is expected to fall 14% by 2021 compared with levels before the coronavirus pandemic in 2019, the World Bank has estimated.   Read more »

Why Filipino American History Month is celebrated in October

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Oct 09 06:12 PM

The United States officially observes and recognizes October every year as the Filipino American History Month. Read more »

5 nurse pa-UK pinababa sa eroplano dahil sa 'kalituhan' ng Immigration

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 07:55 PM

Nagkaroon kasi ng kalituhan ang Bureau of Immigration kung aling dokumento ang sakop ng exception.    Read more »

Nancy Binay wants POEA, IATF to stop travel ban on healthcare workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 03:47 PM

Filipino healthcare workers are being held hostage by a deployment ban imposed by the country's pandemic task force, Sen. Nancy Binay said Thursday, adding the gov't has "no right" to block them since it has failed to give them "competitive compensation." Read more »

Lawmaker seeks changes in PH TV broadcast operations and systems

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 09:58 PM

Cavite Rep. Jesus Crispin Remulla has filed 4 different resolutions in the House of Representatives seeking changes in existing systems and operations of the country's television industry. Read more »

Coronavirus crisis could spark 'massive' new migration: Red Cross

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 24 12:47 AM

The devastating economic toll the coronavirus crisis is taking around the world could spark huge waves of fresh migration once borders reopen, the head of the Red Cross warned in an interview. Read more »

DepEd naghahanda sa mass migration ng mga estudyante

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 02:44 PM

Ayon sa isang grupo, inaasahang 2 milyong estudyante mula sa private schools ang lilipat sa public schools o titigil muna sa pag-aaral sa darating na school year. Read more »

Thousands of migrants stranded worldwide by pandemic: UN

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 07 08:53 PM

Many thousands of migrants have been left stranded by the coronavirus pandemic, unable to move due to lockdowns and border closures around the globe, the United Nations said Thursday. Read more »

Working in fear, immigrants keep US poultry plants running

Cyril Julien, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 05 05:45 AM

Tina says a little prayer every time she heads to work at a Delaware poultry plant, a plea that this will not be the day that the invisible killer picking off her colleagues comes for her.   Read more »

Duterte wants DOJ to study legality of preventing Filipino healthcare workers from moving abroad

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 01:11 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he wants the Department of Justice to study the legality of preventing Filipino healthcare workers from migrating to other countries amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Duterte tells local officials not to block returning OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 12:24 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday warned local officials against preventing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from going back to their hometowns out of fear of contracting the coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19).   Read more »

OPINYON: Balitang Pinoy mula sa America

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Posted at Mar 13 09:01 PM

Tony de Zuñiga, Jollibee, FANHS, at Gina Ortiz Jones. Mga balitang Pinoy mula sa America.  Read more »

UK seeks to attract high-skilled workers with points-based immigration system

Kylie MacLellan, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 19 12:39 PM

LONDON - Britain will prioritize access for high-skilled workers from around the world in its post-Brexit, points-based immigration system, the government said on Tuesday, setting out its plans to put an end to a reliance on "cheap labour from Europe". Read more »

Bello in Kuwait to negotiate template contract for OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 01 03:10 PM

KUWAIT CITY – Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and members of the Philippine Technical Working Group (TWG) arrived in Kuwait on Saturday morning for a 2-day meeting with their counterparts regarding the status of Filipino workers after the imposition of a total ban on deployment on OFWs in the host country.   Read more »

10 missing after migrant boat capsizes off Indonesia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 02:40 PM

PEKANBARU, Indonesia - Ten people were missing after a boat carrying 20 migrant workers capsized off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island, a search and rescue official said Thursday.   Read more »

Ex-labor exec calls for 'safer, rights-based markets' for OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 06:02 PM

MANILA - The Philippine government should find other market options for Filipino workers who are going to be affected by the total deployment ban in Kuwait. Read more »