Share   A Filipina household service worker  was reportedly rescued by the Philippine Rapid Response Team (RRT). Allegedly, the woman had a nervous breakdown in strife-torn Syria. Ambassador Ricardo Endaya said the RRT went to a house in Al-Mashta Al Helou in Syria to rescue a 31-year old Pinay worker. “Malaki raw ang problema nito [Continue reading]

Share On Wednesday afternoon, Vice President Jejomar Binay repeated  his warning to interested  overseas Filipino workers against going to Syria, following the Department of Foreign Affairs reported the serious shooting of a Filipina there last Feb. 24. Binay emphasized  the situation in Syria remains dangerous, that made [Continue reading]

Share   Despite the down times, there are still many reasons to hold your head high and be proud of your race. In Canada,  Filipino entrepreneur and a Filipino-Canadian nurse were amongst  the 6 awardees of the 2nd Asian Heroes award. Felicisimo Gorospe, chairman emeritus of the VGent Group of Companies, was named as the [Continue reading]

Share Filipinos living in  China are expecting  President Benigno Aquino III’s current  state visit there will  solve the territorial quarrel  about the Spratly Islands. The Philippines and China are with the six petitioners to the Spratlys. Oter countries are Vietnam, Taiwan, Brunei and Malaysia.   Share [Continue reading]

Share Several  overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who came home  from Libya are not pleased with the supposed  "aid" given  by the Philippine government. Aside from a P10,000 "cash relief," they were not given  actual jobs or loans even after filling up application forms, they said. "Nagbibigay daw [Continue reading]

Share Filipino parents residing  in the United Arab Emirates got riled up  over a Philippine school’s decision to reduce the number of its pupils to 650 from 1,200, a news site said Friday. In the report of Gulf News, the parents have asked the assistance of Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi to check  into the [Continue reading]

Share Around  100 Filipinos are reportedly stuck  in Macau after getting entangled with  illegal recruiters, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said. POEA administrator Carlos Cao Jr. shared  reports reaching him that the 100 prospective overseas Filipino workers “are now stranded in China without [Continue reading]

Share An agreement was signed by Philippine and Taiwan officials, an  understanding on direct hiring of Filipino workers by Taiwanese employers, according to a report on news site Focus Taiwan. It is expected from that move,  is the prevention of  prospective overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from going through the traditional [Continue reading]

Share   Reportedly, Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Dubai around 23, got sick because of  food poisoning last July 16, a Philippine labor official said. The sick  OFWs were staying at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office-Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (POLO-OWWA) center. The distressed workers  ate fish that got [Continue reading]

Share Around 521,253 Filipinos turned into naturalized citizens of eight countries part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). OECD’s 2011 International Migration Outlook has revealed  that 386,739 Filipinos turned into  naturalized citizens of the United States from 2000 to 2009. At the same time, [Continue reading]