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'Filial service': Pinay recognized as South Korea's model daughter-in-law

Claire Lee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 12:58 PM

HOENGSEONG, South Korea – In a mountain village thousands of kilometers from her native Philippines, Emma Sumampong nurses her elderly mother-in-law, while also caring for her husband and children, working on the family farm, and holding a part-time job.   Read more »

Labor chief handling OFW kidnappings in Africa: Palace

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 07:02 PM

At least 2 Filipino sailors were reported to be abducted in Togo, while 9 Filipino seafarers were captured last week in Benin. Read more »

Up to 20 Vietnamese feared among 39 found dead in UK truck

Tran Thi Minh Ha, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 26 10:02 PM

Four people have been held over the incident, which has shocked Britain and shed light on dangerous trafficking routes into Europe taken by undocumented migrants. Read more »

US detained nearly one million migrants in 12 months

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 04:15 AM

US border agents arrested or stopped nearly one million undocumented migrants at the southern border with Mexico in the last 12 months, the most in more than a decade, a top official said Tuesday. Read more »

Ilang landline user nakaranas ng problema sa 8-digit number migration

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 12:47 AM

May ilang nakararanas ng problema sa pagtawag sa mga landline, lalo na kung internetwork. Read more »

Ilang negosyo, subscribers nabulaga, nalito sa 'landline migration' ng telcos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 05:51 PM

Malaking bulto ng problema ang inter-network calls, ayon sa National Telecommunications Commission. Read more »

Metro Manila landline numbers migrate to 8-digits from 7 on Oct. 6

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 04 03:46 PM

Telecommunication providers and other business establishments have announced the migration to 8-digit landline numbers from 7 digits effective Oct. 6 in compliance with the directive of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). Read more »

PH eyes labor deal with Russia during Duterte visit: envoy

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 05:44 PM

MANILA - The Philippines hopes to secure an agreement for the protection of its migrant workers in Russia as President Rodrigo Duterte visits Moscow anew, Manila's Ambassador to Russia Carlos Sorreta said Wednesday. Read more »

Pinay crowned Mrs. Universe New Zealand 2019

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 01 04:09 PM

Mrs. Universe New Zealand Carmela Laylo is now preparing to compete in the Mrs. Universe 2019 to be held in China in December.  Read more »

US to slash refugee resettlement program by 40 pct

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 27 06:54 AM

The Trump administration plans to dramatically lower the ceiling of a decades-old refugee resettlement program to 18,000 people from its current level of 30,000, the State Department said Thursday. Read more »

UN report: World's migrant population now at 272 million

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 03:27 AM

Europe and North America have absorbed the largest share of the world's 272 million migrants, a population that has grown by 23 percent over the past decade, according to a UN report published Tuesday. Read more »

PH post looking into case of allegedly exploited OFW in New Zealand

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 06:11 PM

MANILA - The Philippine embassy in New Zealand is aware of the report about an exploited overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who now relied on donations and boils meat bones for dogs as food. Read more »

US states sue Trump over indefinite detention of migrant children

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 27 06:49 AM

A coalition of 20 US states announced on Monday they will sue Donald Trump's administration over its recent decision to remove legal limits on how long migrant children can be detained.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 23, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 12:26 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Back home

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 05:10 PM

A repatriated Filipino migrant worker from Saudi Arabia arrives at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Friday after escaping from allegedly abusive employers. Read more »

Celebrating 'unsung heroes' this Humanitarian Day, August 19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 03:47 PM

Over half a million humanitarian workers stand on the front lines of disaster and war every day. About 40 percent of them are women. Read more »

'Illegally staying': Israel defends deportation of Filipina worker, son

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 05:21 PM

MANILA - The Israel Embassy in Manila defended Tuesday the deportation of a Filipina mother and her Israeli-born teenage son from the Jewish state, saying it was "according to the Israeli law." Read more »

Recto: Only 7 social welfare attachés serving 4.3 million OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 07:47 PM

MANILA - Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto on Thursday urged the government to deploy more social welfare attaches(SWA) in countries that have many overseas Filipino workers(OFWs). Read more »

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 »