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'A setup for slavery': Duterte again seeks scrapping of kafala system

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 06:43 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called on Middle East countries to abolish the abusive kafala system, warning that he would ask overseas Filipino workers to return home if his request is not heeded. Read more »

Dalawang Pinay, sinagip ng Taiwan authority mula sa illegal works

Marie Yang | TFC News Taiwan
Posted at Jul 26 06:12 PM

Nagsagawa ng rescue operation ang Bureau of Labor Affairs kasama ang Manila Economic and Cultural Office-POLO Taichung o MECO. Nasagip ang dalawang Pinay factory worker na pinagawa ng illegal works ng kanilang mga employer.  Read more »

WATCH: Kathryn and Daniel get their 2nd doses of COVID vaccine

Kennedy Caacbay, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 02:54 AM

Celebrity couple Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla finally got their second dose of COVID-19 vaccines after getting the first shot on June 21. Read more »

PH health workers won’t be able to handle Indonesia-like COVID surge, says group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 10:30 PM

Robert Mendoza of the Alliance of Health Workers said job vacancies at hospitals have yet to be filled due to the early retirement and resignation of colleagues. Read more »

Repatriation ng stranded OFWs sa UAE, kasado na sa susunod na linggo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 04:43 PM

Kasado na ang susunod na repatriation flight na inorganisa ng Department of Foreign Affairs Office of Migrant Workers Affairs para maiuwi ang stranded overseas Filipino workers sa United Arab Emirates na inabutan ng COVID-19 pandemic sa lugar.  Read more »

Ilang Pinoy sa Vietnam nananawagan ng tulong dahil sa COVID-19 surge

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 01:25 PM

Nananwagan na ng tulong ang ilang Pinoy sa Vietnam na apektado ng pagtaas ng COVID-19 cases sa lugar.  Read more »

Stranded OFWs sa Pinas, umaapelang makapagtrabaho na sa SoKor

Joeffrey Maddatu Calimag | TFC News South Korea
Updated as of Jul 24 02:02 PM

Nananawagan sa gobyerno ang ilang Pinoy worker na nakatakdang magtrabaho sa South Korea, na payagan na silang makaalis dahil mahigit isang taon na silang walang pinagkukunan ng kabuhayan habang stranded sa Pilipinas. Read more »

Job market quality hasn't recovered despite lower unemployment: jobs app founder

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 05:30 PM

The Philippine job market has not fully recovered from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic despite pronouncements from the government that employment figures are now near pre-pandemic levels, the founder of a job search app said on Wednesday.  Read more »

COVID-19 Phase 2 Heightened Alert, ipatutupad sa Singapore simula July 22

TFC News
Updated as of Jul 21 03:03 PM

Sa ilalim ng Phase 2 Heightened Alert, dalawang katao lamang ang pinapayagan sa social gathering, mula sa 5 katao. Maging ang mga bisitang pwedeng tanggapin sa bahay ay hanggang 2 katao lamang kada araw.   Read more »

Alert level 3 sa Taiwan, pinalawig pa hanggang July 26

Marie Yang | TFC News Taiwan
Updated as of Jul 24 02:06 PM

Pinalawig pa ang alert level 3 restrictions sa Taiwan hanggang July 26, 2021. Ikinatuwa naman ng MECO o Manila Economic and Cultural Office ang pag-alis ng ban sa lipatan o ang “employer transfers for all foreign workers” mula na rin sa anunsiyo ng Taiwan Ministry of Labor. Read more »

Filipinos in Thailand warned amid surge in country's COVID-19 cases

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 19 08:15 PM

MANILA - The Philippine embassy in Bangkok urged Filipinos in Thailand to take caution and follow public health protocols and restrictions, amid a surge in the country's COVID-19 cases.   Read more »

Most Filipinos willing to retrain for different jobs: Jobstreet survey

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 03:24 PM

At least 77 percent of Filipino workers are "willing to be retrained for a different job as needed," Jobstreet Philippines said in a virtual briefing.  Read more »

Transpo workers' 2nd dose via OVP vaccine express due next week: Robredo

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 03:36 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday reminded tricycle, pedicab and delivery drivers who got their first COVID vaccine shots late June this year to prepare for their second dose scheduled for this week. Read more »

Delta variant outbreak raises fears among Filipinos in Indonesia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 12:40 PM

An overseas Filipino worker in Indonesia is holing up in a condominium, as the Southeast Asian nation is battling surging infections fueled by the highly infectious Delta variant. Read more »

70 percent ng bakuna ng pribadong sektor para sa maliliit na negosyo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 08:20 PM

Nakatakdang dumating sa Biyernes ang 1.15 milyong doses ng COVID-19 vaccine na order ng pribadong sektor. Read more »

Bello: 3,000 OFWs expected to fly to Israel after DOLE OKs deployment

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 12:17 PM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the suspension of deployment was lifted as the situation in the Middle Eastern nation has stabilized.   Read more »

DFA mum on Syrian officials allegedly pressuring trafficked OFWs to retract statements in Washington Post report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 11:12 PM

MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs has declined to give a reaction on Syrian embassy officials allegedly pressuring abused or trafficked domestic workers, including OFWs, to retract their statement from a Washington Post story that detailed their plight. Read more »

From 900 to 2,000: Pasig doubles number of regular city gov't workers in 2 years

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 12 11:30 PM

Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto on Monday said the city government has doubled the number of its regularized government workers in a span of 2 years, attributing the feat to reforms introduced in the bureaucracy. Read more »

Vietnamese city on lockdown to curb COVID-19 spread

Huu Khoa, AFP
Posted at Jul 09 07:04 PM

Medical workers collecting test samples from residents walk past in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday, the first day of the government imposed two-week lockdown as a preventive measure to stop the spread of COVID-19. Read more »

'Bloodbath': What ABS-CBN has lost a year since franchise rejection

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 06:30 PM

It was a "bloodbath," said veteran news anchor Korina Sanchez, describing the impact of the non-renewal on the network's day-to-day operations and its employees.  Read more »