Published : Thursday May 16, 2013 | Category : OFW | Views : 167
By : Willy M. Balasa
SOME 43 overseas Filipino workers returned from Kuwait yesterday after getting unfair treatment from employers there. The OFWs arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 around 3:55 p.m. on Emirates Airlines flight EK-332 from Dubai. Many of them were domestic helpers who had sad stories to tell about... Read more
Published : Wednesday May 15, 2013 | Category : OFW | Views : 233
The Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday urged overseas Filipino workers who have status problems in Saudi Arabia to take advantage of the opportunity given by the Saudi government to correct their residency and labor status. The guidelines which were announced by the Saudi Ministries of Interior and Labor last May... Read more
Published : Monday May 13, 2013 | Category : OFW | Views : 321
By : Willy M. Balasa
SOME 10,000 overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia may avail of recent concessions by the Kingdom’s government to go home. Overseas Workers Welfare Adminstration chief Carmelita Dimzon said the Saudi Ministry of Labor ordered all labor offices to work in the evening and even on Thursdays to handle applications by... Read more
Published : Wednesday May 08, 2013 | Category : OFW | Views : 565
FIVE Filipino umrah pilgrims who had overstayed their visas in Saudi Arabia have been repatriated, the Department of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The five who were originally with the 700 Filipino “illegals” who have pitched camp beside the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah are Mohammad Guro Mangacop, 30, from Cagayan de... Read more
Published : Sunday May 05, 2013 | Category : OFW | Views : 581
By : Lee Ann Ducusin
A FORMER ambassador and overseas Filipino workers advocate has decried a new medical information technology scheme which will mean additional hardship and expense for OFWs bound for Malaysia and will be implemented with the full consent of the Malaysian government.Former Ambassador Roy Seneres and party-list nominee of the “OFW Family... Read more