The remains of the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), who died in a tunnel accident in Doha, Qatar last month, arrived in Cebu on Tuesday. The body of Juanito Pardillo was kept frozen inside a sealed wooden box…
THE family of a Cebuano overseas worker who died in an underground railway tunnel project in Qatar last Feb. 28 will have to wait longer for the arrival of his remains back in the country. This after…
An economist sees a “bright and rosy” future for Cebu and the Philippines, in general, as central banks in the US, Japan and some European countries impose negative interest rates. “If you’re looking for bad news, it…
THE Cebu provincial government invited the family of the overseas worker who died in an underground tunnel accident in Qatar last Sunday to seek their assistance in bringing his remains back home. “If they need any help,…
TOLEDO City native and overseas worker Juanito Pardillo would have turned 38 this March 8. Instead, his family learned that he died after being buried by falling boulders while excavating an underground tunnel at the Doha Metro…
Window The threat of millions of OFWs losing their jobs in the Middle East due to shrinking oil revenues paints an ominous economic picture, but before we all jump on board the dreadful scenario, it is good…
THE family of overseas worker Lotis Camocamo wants to know the real cause of her death before she is finally laid to rest. The father, Saturnino Yu, said the family is thankful her remains have been brought…
At Large Certainly coming as a shock is the news about the passing of former presidential candidate and OFW Family partylist Rep. Roy Señeres. Señeres, who had announced his withdrawal from the presidential race just a few…
Machine operator Wilnar Ochada Paradiang was on graveyard shift at the second floor of Sumika Technology building in Tainan, Taiwan yesterday when the building shook. Paradiang, 29, said his first thought was to get out of the…
PHILIPPINE Embassy officials in Iraq have gone to the Kurdistan region to identify and start repatriation proceedings for the 14 Filipinos who perished in a hotel fire. As of 5 p.m. yesterday, it was not yet known…
Fourteen Filipinos died in a fire that struck a hotel in Erbil, Iraq Friday. Elmer G. Cato, Charge d’affaires of the Philippine Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq confirmed this news in his Facebook post. “We have just been…
Unverified reports of layoffs in Middle East reach POEA The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and its attached agencies are preparing to assist migrant workers who may lose their jobs as the global oil industry continues…
