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54 distressed OFWs mula Saudi Arabia, nakauwi na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 03:49 PM

Nakauwi na sa Pilipinas ang 54 na distressed overseas Filipino workers mula Saudi Arabia nitong Linggo. Read more »

BOC eases ID rules for balikbayan boxes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 12:23 AM

Overseas workers welcome the easing of rules on duty-free balikbayan boxes but question delays in delivery of packages. Read more »

'Pagpapadala ng balikbayan boxes pinasimple pero delay di maiiwasan'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 10 03:02 AM

Ayon sa BOC, kahit mabilis ang transaksiyon sa kanilang mga opisina ay hindi ito garantiya na hindi na makararanas ng pagkaantala sa pagdating ng mga pinadala.  Read more »

How OFWs can avail of TESDA's free online learning program

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 12:49 PM

The program offers the following courses with over 50 course categories; agriculture; automotive; electronics; entrepreneurship; heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration; human health/health care; information and communication technology; lifelong learning skills; maritime; social, community development and other services; tourism; and technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Read more »

OFW e-card launched

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 07:22 PM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello gives an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) her e-card during its launching, led by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) on Tuesday. Read more »

Labor dept presses airlines not to collect travel tax, terminal fees from OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 12:33 PM

Airlines should not collect travel taxes and terminal fees from overseas Filipino workers, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Monday, emphasizing a years-old law. Read more »

DFA: Saudi Arabia to turn over to PH 19 Pinoys nabbed at Halloween party

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 31 07:50 PM

The Filipinos, all migrant workers, were arrested during a raid at a Halloween party in Riyadh on Friday. Read more »

DOLE chief Bello confirms Pinoys were arrested in Riyadh party

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 11:39 PM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III confirmed that some overseas Filipino workers were arrested while attending a party in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Read more »

PH to help repatriate affected OFWs in Saudi Arabia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 12:44 PM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Friday vowed to bring home 1,473 stranded overseas Filipino workers from Saudi Arabia who lost their jobs as their employers were caught in a "lock-out" order by the Saudi government. Read more »

PH welcomes Bahrain’s ‘Flexi Visa,’ hopes to better protect migrant rights

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 08:02 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs welcomed the implementation of Bahrain's flexible work permit, which will benefit undocumented Filipinos in the country. 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 »

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 »

'Balik-manggagawa,' di na sakop ng Micronesia deployment ban

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 07:15 PM

Papayagan nang makabalik ng Micronesia ang mga overseas Filipino worker na may aktibo pang kontrata roon at nakabakasyon lang sa bansa. 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 »

Trade chief urges Pinoys in UK to invest in the Philippines

Rose Eclarinal, ABS-CBN Europe Bureau
Updated as of Sep 24 05:59 PM

With an expected annual growth of 6.7 percent for 2018, Lopez said overseas Filipinos should not be left behind.  Read more »

Filipinos in Hong Kong hunker down for Mangkhut

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 11:30 AM

Filipinos in Hong Kong hunkered down with the rest of the island on Sunday as Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut) neared, after leaving a trail of destruction in the Philippines. Read more »

Duterte pa-Israel para bumili ng armas, makipagkita sa OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 06:37 PM

Umalis si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte nitong Linggo ng hapon papuntang Israel kung saan inaasahan ang kanyang pagbili ng mga bagong armas at nakatakda ang kanyang pakikipagkita sa mga OFW. Read more »

Filipino construction workers in New Zealand underpaid, prone to exploitation: study

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 04:23 PM

Many of these workers also come to New Zealand for jobs arranged by companies in the Philippines, and the study found that they arrive in the country with "high debt burdens." Read more »

DFA to give P5,000 aid to OFWs affected by NAIA runway closure

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 07:26 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs said it will give P5,000 each to overseas Filipino workers who were affected by the 36-hour closure of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport's main runway. Read more »