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Cash remittances up 9 percent in Sept to $2.4 billion

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 02:30 PM

Cash remittances by overseas Filipino workers reached $2.4 billion (P106 billion) in September 2019 from $2.2 billion in the same period last year, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas released Friday showed.  Read more »

Kapamilya stars tumulak pa-Italy para sa 'ASAP Natin 'To'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 09:19 PM

Full force na bumiyahe ang Kapamilya stars papuntang Italy para sa "ASAP Natin 'To" sa Rome ngayong weekend. Read more »

Envoy rejects OFW ban to Hong Kong as protests rage

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 11:21 AM

Filipinos in Hong Kong remain safe and their deployment there should continue despite intense battles between pro-democracy protesters and riot police that saw some of the most violent scenes in more than 5 months of unrest, a Philippine diplomat said Wednesday.    Read more »

Negosyo centers planong dagdagan para ang mga OFW ay magbalik-Pinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 08:13 PM

Planong dagdagan ang mga Negosyo Center sa bansa para mahikayat ang mga overseas Filipino worker (OFW) na bumalik sa bansa.  Read more »

Pagpapadeport ng mga anak ng OFW sa Israel tinutulan

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

Tiniyak naman ng ating embahada na sisiguruhing tama ang trato sa mga mahuhuling lumalabag sa batas ng Israel. Read more »

8 killed in bombing in Turkish-controlled northeast Syria

Reuters
Posted at Nov 10 11:21 PM

Eight people were killed when a bomb exploded on Sunday in an area of northeast Syria controlled by Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies, Turkey's defense ministry and local emergency workers said. Read more »

Envoy seeks law to protect PH properties abroad

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 12 10:54 AM

Under the proposed Philippine Overseas Properties Management Act, the disposition of the country's overseas properties shall be approved by the President, while Congress will have the authority to approve or disapprove the acquisition or sale of properties. Read more »

Analyst warns PH vs joint exploration with China in disputed S. China Sea

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 05:58 PM

A RAND Corporation senior defense analyst warned the Philippines against entering into a joint exploration with China, saying it will not lead to more Philippine sovereignty.  Read more »

6 na illegal recruiter timbog sa Maynila

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 07:43 PM

MAYNILA—Arestado sa Malate, Maynila nitong Huwebes ang hinihinalang grupo ng mga illegal recruiter na nambibiktima ng mga gustong magtrabaho abroad. Read more »

New Jersey borough elects 2nd Filipino-American mayor

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Nov 07 12:10 AM

BERGENFIELD, New Jersey - Trump-style mudslinging from incumbent Republican Mayor Norman Schmelz did not stop Filipino-American candidate Arvin Amatorio from becoming the next mayor of Bergenfield, New Jersey on Tuesday's election. Read more »

Mga nais mag-OFW binalaan vs pekeng POEA Facebook accounts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 07 07:40 PM

Nagbabala ang POEA kontra sa mga Facebook account na gumagamit ng pangalan ng ahensiya at ng mga opisyal nito para makapag-alok ng mga pekeng trabaho abroad.  Read more »

Israel naghahanap ng 1,000 Pinoy hotel housekeeper

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 12:27 PM

Update: Hanggang Nobyembre 8, Biyernes na lang ang pasahan ng requirements sa POEA.  Read more »

When life’s end nears for overseas Filipinos, how do they prepare?

Jofelle P. Tesorio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 09:46 AM

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands - For many Filipinos, death or old age is not something they prepare for. Usually back home, the responsibility to take care of sick or ageing family members are passed on to the children or the nearest kin. Read more »

Former OFW loses home in Mindanao quake, ends up in tent

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 02 06:03 AM

MAKILALA, Cotabato (UPDATE)—Jinky Songcolan spent 7 years in Kuwait as a domestic helper to support her family and save up for a house.  Read more »

32 distressed Pinoys return from Mexico, Egypt, Morocco: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 07:25 PM

The Filipinos, some of whom were either detained, figured in an accident or were victims of human trafficking abroad, arrived in Manila Tuesday night. Read more »

Former HK exec slammed for urging domestic workers to snitch on employers in protests

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 06:53 PM

Former Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying shared a photos of a 'crime report form' praising people who encouraged helpers to report employers who keep petrol bombs as well as gas masks and helmets, which are used in anti-government protests.  Read more »

Postcards from a poisoned coast: Vietnam's people-smuggling heartland

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 29 08:29 AM

NGHE AN, Vietnam - The countryside in the Vietnamese provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh is dotted with billboards for labour export companies advertising jobs or study overseas. Read more »

Global recruitment firm: Younger Filipinos want to stay in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 06:59 PM

A global recruitment firm sees the number of Overseas Filipino Workers going down in the coming years as a booming local economy creates more jobs here at home.  Read more »

Slovenia needs up to 5,000 OFWs; Philippines seeks protection pact: Labor chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 23 11:03 AM

Slovenia needs up to 5,000 overseas Filipino workers, whose , Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Wednesday.  Read more »

Lalaking nagpakalat ng pribadong larawan ng dating nobya, tiklo sa Batangas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 02:20 AM

Kuwento ng biktima, nagawa niyang magpadala sa suspek ng mga pribadong larawan para matigil na ito sa pagduda na may karelasyon siyang iba. Read more »