Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano denied yesterday that he was using the rescue missions of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to boost his bid for the presidency in 2022. “Bakit,…
AN ALMOST incomprehensible Bretchielyn Magsayo faced the camera to relay her story of abuse in the brutal hands of her employer in Kuwait, and her desperate pleas to be rescued. In a harrowing Facebook video by a…
A 57-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW), from Oslob town, southern Cebu, was killed in a road mishap in Shaybah, Saudi Arabia past 11 a.m., on Sunday. The victim was identified as Calixto Cabanlit, a trailer truck driver…
A 57-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW), who is a native of Oslob town, Cebu, was killed in a road mishap in Shaybah, Saudi Arabia past 11 a.m., on Sunday. The victim was identified as Calixto Cabanlit, a…
A SERIES of gruesome photos recently went viral on Facebook, showing the corpse of a woman covered in bruises and sliced, starting from the bottom lip down to her navel. The photos were uploaded on Facebook in…
CASH sent home by Filipinos living and working abroad grew 8.4 percent in October, the fastest pace in seven months, to $2.28 billion ahead of the Christmas holiday season. The latest Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas data released…
There will be less hassles for overseas Filipino workers in sending presents during the holiday season to relatives in the country. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña said during his visit in Cebu on Monday, that his decision…
IT IS not anymore surprising to see Filipinos create a mark in the international scene, where they are recognized and get awards and praises for their talents and skills. But it isn’t also every day that we…
Remittances of foreign currency by expatriate Filipinos continue to rise as of August 2017, thanks to sustained inflows from workers with both long- and short-term employment contracts, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Monday. In…
With the aim to promote the success stories of overseas Filipino workers (OFW), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Central Visayas (Owwa-7) gave away the 2017 Model OFW of the Year Awards (MOFYA) to the families of…
MANILA — No more deployment ban for Filipino workers in Qatar. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III lifted on Thursday the moratorium on the deployment of newly hired Filipino workers to Qatar. “This decision was arrived at on…
MANILA — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III declared on Tuesday a temporary deployment ban of overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) in Qatar after its neighboring countries severed ties and closed their borders with the kingdom. “Effective today, the…
