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Defense chief hits Chinese envoy's 'preposterous' remark on OFWs spying

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 18 04:19 PM

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday dubbed as "preposterous" a remark by China's envoy, who raised the possibility of overseas Filipino workers being considered by Beijing as potential security threats. Read more »

Cash remittances up 3.2 percent to $14.6B in first half

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 07:48 PM

Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos hit $14.6 billion in the first six months of the year, up 3.2 percent from the same period last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said on Thursday.    Read more »

Trump says China should treat Hong Kong 'humanely' before trade deal can be agreed

Reuters
Posted at Aug 15 07:15 AM

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China wants to make a trade deal but it should treat Hong Kong "humanely" first, explicitly tying a trade agreement to a peaceful resolution of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.  Read more »

Defer Hong Kong trips, envoy tells public

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 09:22 AM

Travelers who do not have urgent appointments in Hong Kong should defer their trips to the semi-autonomous Chinese city, the Philippine consul general in Hong Kong said Wednesday, after a pro-democracy protest paralyzed hundreds of flights there for 2 days.  Read more »

Trump delays tariffs on Chinese cellphones, laptops, toys; markets jump

David Shepardson and David Lawder, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 14 08:34 AM

China has denied requests for two US Navy ships to visit Hong Kong, the Pacific Fleet said on Tuesday, after the two countries engaged in a war of words over the city's pro-democracy protests.   Read more »

Undocumented workers disguised as 'tourists' intercepted at NAIA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 01:14 PM

MANILA – Sixteen undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) disguised as tourists were barred from leaving the country last week, the Bureau of Immigration said in a statement Tuesday.   Read more »

Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong unshaken by protests: poll

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 09:27 AM

Filipinos working in Hong Kong say they are more likely to stay rather than come home or move to another country despite rising political tensions there, Asian recruitment platform HelperChoice says. Recent violent protests are not a concern yet for OFWs, according to a HelperChoice poll.   Read more »

Hong Kongers harness traffic cones, kitchenware to battle tear gas

Catherine Lai, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 09 11:53 AM

As a tear gas canister clatters onto a street in Hong Kong, a pro-democracy protester wearing heat-proof gloves and carrying a traffic cone sprints from the crowd to put it out. Read more »

Hong Kong protesters gather for 'laser show' rally

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 08 08:17 AM

As Hong Kong buckles under increasingly violent clashes between protesters and police in a deepening political crisis, hundreds gathered at the harborfront on Wednesday night for a markedly different kind of protest: a laser show.   Read more »

5 OFW sa Dubai nasunugan

Rachel Salinel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 03:40 PM

DUBAI - Ligtas ang limang Pinay sa sunog na naganap sa kanilang flat sa Dubai International City, Martes ng gabi dahil na rin sa maagap na pagresponde ng Dubai Civil Defense. Read more »

Pinoy arrested during HK protest 'in high spirits' after posting bail

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 01:59 PM

A Filipino arrested for alleged participation in pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong is "in high spirits" after he posted bail and was released from detention, an official said Tuesday. Read more »

3 OFWs na nasawi sa trahedya sa dagat, nakatakdang iuwi

Jennifer Garcia Hernandez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 12:58 PM

ILOILO CITY – Nakatakdang iuwi sa kani-kanilang mga lugar sa bansa ang mga bangkay ng tatlong nasawing guro sa United Arab Emirates na nagbakasyon lang sa Pilipinas. Read more »

Pinoys in Hong Kong staying away from protests

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 08:38 PM

Bayan Hong Kong and Macau chairman Emman Villanueva said that police in the Chinese territory have stopped issuing permits for rallies and criminal gangs have been assaulting protesters.  Read more »

Cayetano, Duterte son co-author bill creating OFW department

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 12:43 PM

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte have co-authored and filed a bill seeking to create a separate executive department that would focus on the concerns of migrant workers. Read more »

Duterte tinulak ang death penalty, tinalakay ang West PH Sea sa SONA 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 09:51 PM

Ang pagbabalik sa parusang kamatayan ang isa sa mga tinalakay ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kaniyang SONA.   Read more »

Labor dept mulls OFW Commission, instead of separate department

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 12:57 PM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Tuesday that he was studying the creation of a commission for the protection of migrant workers, instead of a separate executive department, an idea floated by President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Cash remittances hit $2.6-B in May

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 06:03 PM

This brought cash remittances in the first 5 months of the year to $12.3 billion, 4.5 percent higher than in the same period in 2018.  Read more »

Mga Pinoy sa Italya, pwedeng mag-apply ng social benefits

Jocelyn Ruiz Roxas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 08:46 AM

Maaring makahingi ng tulong ang mga migranteng Pilipino sa gubyerno ng Italya sa pamamagitan ng pag-file ng kanilang socio-economic status.   Read more »

PH post sa Milan nagbabala laban sa Facebook scam

Maricel Burgonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 09:02 AM

TORINO, Italy - Nagbabala ang Philippine Consulate General sa Milan sa Italy hinggil sa isang modus operandi na bumibiktima sa mga kaibigan at kamag-anak ng mga overseas Filipino worker gamit ang kanilang Facebook accounts. Read more »

Some OFWs in Hong Kong lose rest day over protests

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 11:56 AM

Employers barred some Filipino workers in Hong Kong from taking a rest day as some 2 million protesters choked the streets on Sunday in a powerful rebuke of a proposed law that would allow extradition to China, a community leader said Monday. Read more »