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PhilHealth execs face raps over alleged non-remittance of OFW contributions

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 03:31 PM

Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Wednesday filed a complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) over the alleged non-remittance of an estimated P50 to 100 million worth of contribution from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). 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 »

HK migrant group urges clear guidelines amid 2019-nCoV spread

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 29 12:52 PM

Migrant support group Mission for Migrant Workers (MFMW) is calling on the Hong Kong government to provide clear labor guidelines and health precautionary measures for the city's estimated 300,000 foreign domestic workers Read more »

PH reviews repatriation of Filipinos from China virus epicenter

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 28 03:58 PM

The Philippine government is studying the possible repatriation of Filipinos from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the global epicenter of a new coronavirus outbreak, as migrant workers there expressed desire to come home. Read more »

Pinay in HK quarantined after exposure to new coronavirus: consulate

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 26 06:00 PM

A Filipina domestic worker in Hong Kong was quarantined after being exposed to her employer's 2 guests who tested positive for new coronavirus, the Philippine Consulate there said Sunday. Read more »

Duterte meets with kin of OFW imprisoned in Bahrain

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 05:03 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte met Thursday with the family of a Filipino migrant worker imprisoned in Bahrain, ahead of their “compassionate visit” on Saturday. Read more »

Japan should ban confiscation of foreign employees' passports, lawyer says

Sakura Murakami, Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 03:53 PM

TOKYO - The Japanese government should forbid employers from retaining the passports of their foreign workers, a lawyer said on Thursday after a Filipino woman sued her former employer for refusing to return her personal documents. Read more »

After delay, 13 Pinoys from Iraq back in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 08:51 PM

The group was supposed to fly out of Baghdad via Doha at 10:30 p.m. on Monday night (3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Manila time) but was not able to fly out of the Baghdad International Airport due to exit visa problems. Read more »

12 Filipinos repatriated from Iraq to arrive in Manila Tuesday

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 01:24 AM

Twelve Filipinos, including 2 minors, will be arriving in the Philippines early Tuesday from Iraq, the Philippine Embassy in Baghdad said. Read more »

Ina nag-aalala sa kaligtasan ng anak na nagtatrabaho sa Iraq

Bonna Pamplona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 01:16 AM

DAVAO CITY—Nababahala ang isang ina para sa seguridad ng kaniyang anak na nagtatrabaho sa Iraq sa kabila ng tensiyon sa pagitan ng Amerika at Iran. Read more »

No repatriation: Despite missile strike, OFWs near Iraq air base won't leave

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 11:14 AM

Despite missile attacks on a military base there, Filipinos working in Erbil in Iraq said it is highly unlikely that they will agree to be repatriated back to the Philippines.   Read more »

The ANC Brief: Showdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 04:06 AM

The Duterte administration is sending a former special envoy to the Middle East to oversee the evacuation of Filipinos. Read more »

Filipinos in Iraq to be repatriated; highest crisis alert raised

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 08 10:03 AM

Alert level 4 has been raised over Iraq amid rising tension following the United States' killing of an Iranian military commander, the Philippine Embassy in Iraq said early Wednesday (Manila time). Read more »

Kuwait deployment ban covers new household workers, those with expired contracts: Labor chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 03 12:44 PM

DEVELOPING STORY: A ban on the deployment of Filipino household workers to Kuwait was expanded to cover new hires and those with expired contracts, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Friday.    Read more »

Remains of second OFW killed in Singapore accident arrive in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 03 08:06 AM

Arlyn Nucos and Abigail Danao Leste were hanging out at Lucky Plaza, a shopping center on Orchard Road, when they were hit by a car Sunday. Read more »

PH imposes partial deployment ban to Kuwait after OFW’s death

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 02:09 AM

Willard Cheng says the ban could be widened if officials feel justice is not being served. Read more »

Remains of Pinay killed in Singapore car accident back in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 12:02 AM

The remains of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW), who was killed by a wayward driver in Singapore, arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday. Read more »

Palace outraged by death of Pinay domestic worker in Kuwait

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 06:08 PM

Malacañang on Wednesday condemned the death of a Filipina domestic worker in the hands of her employer’s wife in Kuwait. Read more »

Filipina allegedly killed by employer's wife in Kuwait

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 01:25 AM

A Filipino domestic worker in Kuwait was allegedly killed by her employer's wife, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday. Read more »

Mobile app para sa mga OFW, inilunsad ng DOLE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 12:24 AM

Naglunsad ang DOLE ng isang libreng smartphone application para matulungan ang mga manggagawang Pinoy lalo na ang mga OFW na makatanggap ng tamang sahod at masigurong ligtas sila sa ibang bansa. Read more »