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2 Filipinos killed in car crash in Singapore

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Posted at Dec 30 08:33 PM

Two Filipinos are dead, while four others are injured after a car crashed into several people at a popular Singapore shopping center. Read more »

2 Filipinos remain in critical condition after 'freak accident' in Singapore

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 30 10:37 PM

MANILA (3rd UPDATE) - Two Filipinos remain in critical condition after a car crashed into several people at a popular Singapore shopping center on Sunday, a Philippine official said Monday. Read more »

HK unrest causing OFWs to work on rest days

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 10:11 PM

Overseas Filipino workers are losing their rest days because of the ongoing unrest in Hong Kong.  Read more »

OFWs in Hong Kong losing rest days to unrest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 04:55 PM

Some employers are "taking advantage" by asking Filipinos who stay indoors during their rest days to take on extra chores, said Mahee Leclerc, business development manager of recruitment platform HelperChoice. Read more »

Pinoys in Hong Kong told: Avoid Christmas protest sites

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Posted at Dec 24 07:45 AM

The Philippine Consulate in Hong Kong urged Filipinos there on Monday to avoid areas where democracy protesters planned demonstrations this Christmas week, including prime shopping malls, the latest in more than 6 months of unrest.  Read more »

Hong Kong foreign domestic workers victimized by 'doxxing'

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 24 04:07 PM

The Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong has confirmed it has received a report over the exposure of personal details from passports and Hong Kong identity cards of Filipino domestic workers in a Facebook group. Read more »

DOLE to scale down migrant worker deployment to Middle East next year

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Posted at Dec 21 05:13 PM

The Philippine government plans to scale down the deployment of workers to the Middle East by 10 percent next year.   Read more »

Remittance growth in October defies slowdown fears due to HK, Brexit

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 16 04:07 PM

Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos reached $2.7 billion in October, which was 8 percent higher compared to the same month last year, the central bank said on Monday.  Read more »

How migrant Filipinos make their voice heard in Hong Kong's civic affairs

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 10 11:38 PM

HONG KONG - When long-time Hong Kong resident Bishop Gerry Vallo of Jesus the Living God Church cast his ballot in the evening of November 24, he did it, not for himself.   Read more »

Immigration bureau to set up e-gates at NAIA for departing OFWs

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Posted at Dec 09 01:55 PM

MANILA - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is set to launch its electronic gates (e-gates) at the departure area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport before Christmas exclusively for use of overseas Filipino workers.   Read more »

Biggest group of Pinoy workers employed at rural pork factory in Ireland

Vanda Marie Brady, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 05:27 PM

Foreign employers continue to hire Filipino workers because of their admirable work attitude despite being away from home. Read more »

POEA: Job orders, status ng ahensiya beripikahin muna

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Updated as of Nov 29 11:10 AM

MAYNILA - Hinihikayat ng Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) ang mga naghahanap ng trabaho sa abroad na tiyakin munang lisensiyado ang ahensiyang kanilang lalapitan nang maiwasan ang maging biktima ng illegal recruiters.   Read more »

OFW advocates alarmed over House bill favoring private recruitment agencies

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Posted at Nov 26 03:38 PM

MANILA - Advocates of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have expressed alarm over the inclusion of what they said were disadvantageous provisions in a consolidated bill pending at the House of Representatives drafted by the technical working group on the proposed Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).  Read more »

OFW financial literacy grads eye business prospects, not jobs in PH amid HK unrest

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 02:33 PM

HONG KONG - At 54 and married with two children, Teresita Fung looks back at her failed business in the Philippines with a calming laugh, reassuring those who may have been countlessly discouraged in life that it's never too late - and that one is never too old - to try again. Read more »

No Pinoys hurt in Australia bushfires: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 02:36 PM

All Filipinos in Australia's east coast are safe from raging bushfires as of Wednesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.   Read more »

Envoy rejects OFW ban to Hong Kong as protests rage

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 11:21 AM

Filipinos in Hong Kong remain safe and their deployment there should continue despite intense battles between pro-democracy protesters and riot police that saw some of the most violent scenes in more than 5 months of unrest, a Philippine diplomat said Wednesday.    Read more »

Negosyo centers planong dagdagan para ang mga OFW ay magbalik-Pinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 08:13 PM

Planong dagdagan ang mga Negosyo Center sa bansa para mahikayat ang mga overseas Filipino worker (OFW) na bumalik sa bansa.  Read more »

House eyes passage of laws creating 3 new gov't departments

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Updated as of Nov 06 10:41 AM

The House of Representatives aims to pass proposed laws creating 3 new agencies for overseas workers, disaster response and water distribution before the years ends, Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said Wednesday. Read more »

On the way to Paris? PH embassy warns Pinoys on robbers, pickpockets

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 10:57 PM

The embassy released a list of safety guidelines for Filipinos traveling to France. Read more »

As Hong Kong fights to keep its rights, OFWs in crossfire face losing jobs

Jan Yumul
Posted at Oct 24 07:35 PM

Some Hong Kong residents have decided to move to a different country, forcing them to let go of Filipino domestic laborers in their employ. Read more »