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14 freed RP seafarers to arrive home from Nigeria
05/27/2009 | 04:28 PM MANILA, Philippines - Fourteen of the 16 Filipino seafarers on board the hijacked MV Spirit in Nigeria would be flown back to Manila, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.The first batch of eight Filipino sea...
Govt forum for overseas employment set Monday
03/01/2009 | 05:19 PM MANILA, Philippines - The government will hold an overseas employment forum on Monday in a bid to fast track efforts to assist overseas workers who were displaced by the global financial crisis.Over 150 sea- and land...
RP post offers financial education to OFW victims of crisis
02/18/2009 | 06:23 PM MANILA, Philippines - Filipinos in South Korea fearing for the worst amid a shaky economic climate, are seen to benefit from the Philippine Embassy’s financial management course this month.Philippine Ambassador to South K...
Migration scheme fo RP health workers lauded in Oslo gathering
02/15/2009 | 11:09 AM MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines’ migration movement scheme for health worker earned praise at the Global Policy Advisory Council on Health Workers Migration Meeting in Oslo, Norway earlier this month.A re...
Filipina killed for having affair with Salsa coach
02/12/2009 | 07:54 PM MANILA, Philippines - A Filipina was stabbed by her British husband in the back after he found out that his young wife was allegedly having an affair with her salsa dance teacher, a court was told on Wednesday.The Herald E...
OFWs turn to Internet to protect funds
Migrante launches online petition MANILA, Philippines — A migrants’ advocacy group has launched an online petition to protect funds of the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) it fears may be used for political purpose...
Indian immigrant set on fire in Italy
window.google_render_ad(); window.google_render_ad(); 02/02/2009 | 11:34 PM ROME – Italian police have arrested three young men for allegedly beating and setting on fire an Indian immigrant in a town near Rome.The attack has spar...
Arroyo to discuss rights, job prospects in Bahrain
02/03/2009 | 05:20 AM MANILA, Philippines - President Arroyo will discuss rights of Filipino workers in Bahrain while pushing for more job opportunities during her visit there Tuesday.Online news site Khaleej Times reported that Philippin...
Saudi prince says Gulf jobs should go to Arabs
Agence France-Presse | 02/02/2009 11:29 PM ABU DHABI - Gulf Arab states, where foreigners make up half the workforce, should give employment preference to their citizens over expatriate labor, a prominent member of the Saudi royal family...
SSS members take note!
Controversial Social Security System president Romulo Neri has agreed to lend 12.5 BILLION PESOS to the government. The money, which will be sourced from the SSS Pension fund, will reportedly fund the proposed stimulus program being envisioned by the...
Central bank warns of ‘remittance scam’
By Michelle RemoPhilippine Daily Inquirer The central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), has directed banks and other companies engaged in the money-transfer busin...
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OFWs safe from possible 2010 layoffs in Saudi Arabia
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Despite talks that Saudi Arabia might lay off foreign workers in 2010, a Saudi business leader says Filipinos are still among the first choice of companies in the kingdom. Mustafa Sabri, secretary-general of the Jeddah Ch...
