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Filipino seaman dead in towboat fire in UAE

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 09:52 PM

A Filipino seaman died, while 2 other persons were injured in a towboat fire in the waters off Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.  Read more »

OFWs sa Abu Dhabi at Dubai, pinasalamatan ng ABS-CBN

Randy Lamsen and Rowie Dela Cruz, ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau
Updated as of Feb 06 09:33 PM

Personal na tumungo sa United Arab Emirates (UAE) ang top executives ng ABS-CBN Corp sa pangunguna ni President and CEO Carlo Katigbak upang pasalamatan ang mga overseas Filipino workers sa kanilang walang-sawang suporta at patuloy na pagsubaybay sa mga show at teleserye ng Kapamilya network. Read more »

Gerald Santos, nag-shoot ng music video sa UAE

Milanie Sanchez-Regalado, ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau
Posted at Feb 03 06:33 AM

DUBAI, UAE - Isa ang United Arab Emirates sa napiling destinasyon ng international singer at Miss Saigon actor na si Gerald Santos para sa una niyang music video.   Read more »

UAE confident world oil market will balance out in 2018

Agence France Presse
Posted at Jan 11 09:29 PM

UAE Energy Minister and OPEC president Suheil al-Mazrouei insisted Thursday that oil producers can balance out supply and demand this year as they stick to a production cut deal. Read more »

Saudi, UAE introduce VAT in first for Gulf

Agence France Presse
Posted at Jan 01 08:13 PM

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates introduced value-added tax from Monday, a first for the Gulf which has long prided itself on its tax-free, cradle-to-grave welfare system.   Read more »

Rights group urges ICC to probe UAE 'war crimes' in Yemen

Sophie Deviller, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 28 06:46 AM

A rights organisation has called on the International Criminal Court to investigate allegations of war crimes in Yemen by the United Arab Emirates, the group's lawyer told AFP on Monday. Read more »

Max's to debut new chicken concept in UAE, Qatar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 01:56 PM

Max's Group said Monday it would open a new restaurant concept in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates that would build on the success of its eponymous fried chicken chain. Read more »

Filipinos in UAE to benefit from new migrant workers law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 05:00 PM

Tens of thousands of Filipinos will benefit under a new law on migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates, the department of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday.   Read more »

OPEC to discuss extending cuts, quotas: UAE minister

Agence France Presse
Posted at Sep 25 05:04 PM

OPEC will discuss extending production cuts that have boosted oil prices and imposing output quotas on all cartel members at a November meeting in Vienna, an Emirati minister said Monday. Read more »

Where is Sarah Balabagan now?

Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Aug 24 09:42 PM

LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Sarah Balabagan’s story made headlines all over the world when this overseas Filipino worker stabbed her employer 34 times in 1994. Read more »

WANTED: 100,000 Filipino nurses for UK, UAE hospitals, recruiters say

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 07:44 PM

MANILA - Hospitals in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are seeking to hire at least 100,000 Filipino registered nurses as the demand for health care workers in both countries continue to expand, recruiters from these countries said Thursday. Read more »

Shakey's to build 10 stores in UAE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 09:10 AM

Shakey's Pizza Asia Ventures Inc said Friday it would build at least 10 stores in the United Arab Emirates over 5 years. Read more »

Qatar Petroleum and Total to launch joint venture

Agence France Presse
Posted at Jul 10 08:43 PM

State-owned Qatar Petroleum and French energy giant Total will formally launch a 25-year joint venture to develop the Al Shaheen oil field this week, the companies said Monday. Read more »

Fresh economic sanctions on Qatar being considered - UAE envoy

Reuters
Posted at Jun 28 02:17 PM

Gulf Arab states are considering fresh sanctions on Qatar and could ask their trading partners to choose between working with them or Doha, the United Arab Emirates ambassador to Russia said in an interview with The Guardian newspaper. Read more »

Ina ng OFW na nakaligtas sa death row: 'Huwag mawalan ng pag-asa'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 06:51 PM

"Habang may buhay, may pag-asa po tayo."Ito ang mensaheng ipinaabot ni Rajima Dalquez, ang ina ng overseas Filipino worker na nakaligtas sa bitay sa United Arabs Emirates. Read more »

OFW sa Dubai, abswelto sa kasong murder

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 04:11 AM

Naligtas man sa parusang bitay dahil sa pagpatay sa kanyang amo, hindi pa rin agad makalalaya si Dalquez.  Read more »

Pagkakaligtas ng OFW sa bitay, ikinatuwa ng mga Pinoy

Rowie dela Cruz at Vivien Napeñas, ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau
Posted at Jun 20 05:22 PM

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Ligtas na sa bitay si Jennifer Dalquez matapos siyang mapawalang-sala ng korte sa Al-Ain sa salang pagpatay sa kanyang amo na Emirati noong Disyembre 2014.   Read more »

Qatar can endure economic boycott: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 20 04:59 PM

Qatar can endure the diplomatic crisis and the resulting economic boycott by its Arab neighbors in the Persian Gulf, according to an international analyst. Read more »

OFW sa Dubai, ligtas na mula sa bitay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 20 11:11 PM

Ligtas mula sa death row ang overseas Filipino worker na si Jennifer Dalquez matapos itong mapawalang-sala ng korte ng United Arab Emirates sa kasong murder, ayon sa ina nito.  Read more »

OFW saved from death row in UAE

Jay Dayupay, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 20 05:01 PM

GENERAL SANTOS CITY/MANILA (UPDATED) - Overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jennifer Dalquez has been saved from death row after a United Arab Emirates (UAE) court acquitted her of the crime of murder, her family and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed on Tuesday.  Read more »