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Mahabang hintayan ng swab test results ng OFWs pinangangambahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 08:23 PM

Nangangamba ang Coast Guard na abutin ng 5 araw ang swab test result ng mga umuuwing overseas Filipino workers.  Read more »

11 Filipinos test positive for coronavirus in Singapore: consul

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 13 07:41 AM

Filipinos traveling to Singapore will need a negative pre-departure coronavirus test within 72 hours beginning Oct. 19 after 11 tested positive for the disease over the weekend, the Philippine consulate general there said Tuesday. Read more »

Budget ng DFA para sa repatriation ng mga OFW, P19-M na lang ang natitira

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 09:32 PM

Ibinunyag ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. na mayroon na lamang P19 milyon na natitira mula sa P1 bilyong taunang budget para sa repatriation ng mga overseas Filipino workers.  Read more »

30,000 BPO jobs available to repatriated OFWs: DOLE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 12:58 PM

Some 30,000 job opportunities in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry are available to migrant workers who were repatriated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Wednesday. Read more »

Stranded OFWs seek govt help in return to China

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 04:13 PM

Filipino migrant workers stranded in the Philippines on Monday appealed to government to stop abusive Chinese and Filipino agents peddling one-way tickets worth some P200,000. Read more »

317 Filipinos from Lebanon back in Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 07:57 PM

The 317 repatriates arrived in Manila through a special chartered flight as part of the Philippine government's twin repatriation and goodwill missions to Lebanon. Read more »

OFWs from Lebanon return home

Presidential Photo
Posted at Sep 26 06:27 PM

Overseas Filipino workers arrive at the Ninoy Aquino Airport on Saturday after being repatriated from Beirut, Lebanon, on a chartered flight. Read more »

HK court says foreign domestic workers must live with employers

Jasmine Siu and Kathleen Magramo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 21 09:43 PM

The Court of Appeal has ruled against a Filipino domestic helper challenging the controversial Hong Kong government requirement that she and 380,000 fellow workers must live with their employers. Read more »

Trapped by pandemic, ships’ crews fight exhaustion and despair

Aurora Almendral, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 14 09:47 AM

Last month, the International Transport Workers’ Federation, a seafarers’ union, estimated that 300,000 of the 1.2 million crew members at sea were essentially stranded on their ships, working past the expiration of their original contracts and fighting isolation, uncertainty and fatigue. Read more »

Trapped by pandemic, ships’ crews fight exhaustion and despair

Aurora Almendral, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 09 10:39 PM

The International Transport Workers’ Federation estimated that 300,000 of the 1.2 million crew members at sea were essentially stranded on their ships, working past the expiration of their original contracts and fighting isolation, uncertainty and fatigue. Read more »

Over 42,000 OFWs repatriated in August: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 10:08 AM

The Department of Foreign Affairs said Sunday it brought home 42,583 Filipino migrant workers as of August. Read more »

Philippine Airlines and DFA bring 361 OFWs from Beirut home to Manila

ANCX
Updated as of Sep 04 09:08 PM

PAL deployed its 370-seater Boeing 777-300 (RP-C7778) for the Manila - Beirut - Manila flight.  Read more »

DOLE may ayudang-pinansiyal sa naulila ng 2 OFW sa Abu Dhabi explosion

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 12:18 PM

Bibigyan ng tulong-pinansiyal ng Department of Labor and Employment ang pamilya ng dalawang overseas Filipino workers na nasawi sa gas explosion sa Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.    Read more »

33,000 college-level kids of OFWs to get P30,000 assistance

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 03:27 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday that some 33,000 children of overseas Filipino workers who are in college would get a one-time P30,000 cash assistance. Read more »

OFWs sa Saudi nag-online selling para kumita sa gitna ng pandemya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 06:47 PM

Dumiskarte ang mga Filipino sa Saudi Arabia para kumita sa gitna ng pandemya. Read more »

PH embassies, consulates to remain open during COVID-19 pandemic: DFA

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 01:11 PM

MANILA - Philippine embassies and consulates will remain open even as the COVID-19 pandemic persists, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Tuesday.   Read more »

Workers in Qatar still facing abuses despite promises: HRW

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 03:11 PM

Qatar's massive migrant workforce is still being exploited by employers who withhold wages, threaten expulsion, and deduct pay, leaving some staff unable to eat, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.  Read more »

Higit 135,000 overseas Filipino na ang umuwi dahil sa pandemic: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 02:37 PM

Pumalo na sa higit 135,000 overseas Filipino ang umuwi sa bansa dahil sa coronavirus pandemic, ayon sa Department of Foreign Affairs. Read more »

Duterte approves P5 billion add'l fund for labor dep't for OFWs affected by pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 02:54 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved an additional P5 billion budget for the labor department to be used in assisting Filipino migrant workers hit by the pandemic, its chief said Sunday. Read more »

Ilang OFW sa Lebanon hangad nang makauwi matapos ang Beirut blasts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 07:14 PM

MAYNILA - Sa 23 taong pamamalagi sa Lebanon, ngayon lang nakaramdam ng takot ang overseas Filipino worker na si Marivel Salimabangon, kasabay ng nangyaring pagsabog sa Beirut, kabisera ng lugar.  Read more »