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Deal sealed over 1,400 Pinoys' delayed pay, says OWWA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 18 11:38 AM

Philippine officials have secured a written deal with a Saudi firm for the release of the unpaid wages of its around 1,400 Filipino employees, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said Thursday.  Read more »

Jinggoy says electoral victory would mean 'vindication'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 01:46 PM

Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada is hoping to be adopted by the administration as he filed his certificate of candidacy for a seat in Senate in the 2019 midterm polls.   Read more »

Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos down 0.9 pct in August: BSP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 06:49 PM

Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos reached $2.5 billion in August, lower by 0.9 percent compared to the same month last year, the central bank said Monday. Read more »

Pinoys in southeastern US told: Brace for hurricane Michael

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 12:46 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said it has alerted Filipinos in 5 southeastern US states to prepare for Hurricane Michael, forecast to crash ashore midweek as a major Category 3 storm. Read more »

Ilang Pinoy seafarers, inabandona ng amo sa India

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 01:26 AM

MAYNILA - Inatasan na ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ang Philippine Embassy sa New Delhi, India na tulungan ang 21 Pilipinong seafarers na na-stranded sa isang port matapos umanong abandonahin ng kanilang employer. Read more »

First Pinoy resto in Armenia attracts OFWs, locals alike

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 11:20 PM

The first Filipino restaurant in Armenia has drawn locals for its savory classic Pinoy dishes sinigang, adobo, and sisig. Read more »

Grocery items sa balikbayan boxes, sagot ng OFWs sa inflation

Mye Mulingtapang, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Posted at Oct 05 11:04 AM

MILAN, Italy - Buhos ang padala ng mga overseas Filipino workers (OFW) sa Europa ng balikbayan boxes para sa kanilang pamilya bago pa man ang nakaambang pagtaas ng presyo ng mga pang noche buena. Read more »

Euro group bats for loosening restrictions on direct hiring of OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 04:57 PM

Authorities should loosen the restrictions on the direct hiring of Filipino workers, the head of a European business group said Wednesday.  Read more »

20 OFWs in Saudi Arabia ejected from accommodation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 04:30 AM

MANILA - Some 20 overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia were removed from their company-provided accommodation after refusing to work because of unpaid salaries and food allowance, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday. Read more »

Kapakanan ng OFWs mahalaga, hindi bilang ng deployment: POEA

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 29 08:52 PM

Base sa datus ng POEA, may 1,992,746 OFWs ang na-deploy noong 2017, mababa ng 9% mula sa deployment noong taong 2016 na 2,112,331. Read more »

PH partially lifts deployment ban to Micronesia

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 06:01 PM

For newly hired Filipino migrant workers, the ban remains in effect. Read more »

Temporary suspension ng deployment ban sa Micronesia, tinitingnan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 02:20 AM

Posibleng pansamantalang tanggalin na ng DFA ang total deployment ban sa Micronesia. Read more »

DFA coordinating with Nigeria, Switzerland on abducted Pinoy seafarers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 07:45 AM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday sought to assure the families of 7 Filipinos abducted by pirates in Nigeria that the government is working to free the hostages.  Read more »

7 Filipino seafarers abducted off Nigeria

Anamesere Igboeroteonwu, Reuters
Posted at Sep 24 09:14 AM

ONITSHA, Nigeria - Seven Filipinos were among 12 crew members of a Swiss merchant vessel kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, the West African nation's maritime agency said on Sunday.  Read more »

No Pinoy in Tanzania ferry disaster - DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 11:28 AM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday that it has not received reports of any Filipino hurt after a crowded ferry capsized in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.  Read more »

Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos up 5.2 pct in July: BSP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 05:10 PM

Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos grew 5.2 percent in July to $2.4 billion, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data released Monday. Read more »

2 Filipinos hurt, 37 rescued from Mangkhut in Hong Kong: diplomat

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 01:58 PM

Two Filipinos sustained minor injuries while at least 37 others were rescued as Typhoon Mangkhut slammed Hong Kong after leaving a wide trail of destruction in the northern Philippines, a Filipino consulate official said Monday. Read more »

Despite reforms, Qatar's migrant workers still fear exploitation

Heba Kanso, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Sep 12 03:10 PM

As a migrant worker from Bangladesh, Sharif should be happy about Qatar's labor reforms, put in place to protect people like him. Instead, he feels the system still allows his employer to get round rules designed to stop them exploiting him. Read more »

Praying for Mary Jane’s clemency

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 07:53 PM

Cesar Veloso, father of Mary Jane Veloso, speaks before relatives and supporters during a send-off gathering at NCCP in Quezon City on Monday. Read more »

Duterte, Jordan king discuss undocumented Pinoys

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 11:32 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday sang praises for Jordan's King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein, who he called "a man of his words." Read more »