First batch of nurses, caregivers leaves for Japan under JPEPA
By Tessa Jamandre VERA Files With tears in their eyes, Vilma Balatbat, 39, and her husband tightly embraced each other, knowing it would be some time before they would be together again. Last Saturday,...
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Finalists in the 2009 Pinoy Expats/OFW Blog Awards
Congratulations to this year’s finalists for the 2009 Pinoy Expats/OFW Blog Awards (PEBA). This is the second year of this laudable undertaking being spearheaded by Kenji Solis and his associates....
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Mamayang gabi, malalaman ang mga nanalo sa pangalawang Pinoy Expat/OFW Blog Awards. Gaganapin ang awarding ceremonies sa Philamlife Theater sa U.N. Avenue, Manila, 6 p.m. Kahanga-hanga itong project na...
View ArticlePoll bets vow spending more for OFWs
by Ruben Jeffrey Asuncion OFW Journalism Consortium IF elected, presidential candidates Gilberto Teodoro Jr., Manuel Villar and Richard Gordon would throw cash and strike deals with labor receiving...
View ArticleKalbaryo ni Cielo sa DFA
Update, April 5, 2010: I just got this text message from Ed Malaya, DFA spokesman: “The DFA OUMWA office has initiated an internal investigation on the complaints aired by Cielo Corcuera. “Initial...
View ArticleHinagpis ng mga OFW
Kahindik-hindik ang nangyari kay Asria Samad Abdul, 34 taong gulang na overseas foreign worker (OFW) sa Kuwait. Ayun sa report, nakita ang bangkay ni Asria, na tubong Datu Odin Sinsuat sa Maguindanao,...
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Caregiver of caregivers’ kids
Nina Simon receiving the award from Nokia Marketing Manager,Nikka S. AbesThe phenomenon of Overseas Filipino Workers, OFW in short, which disperses more than 10 million Filipinos all over the world,...
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Binawi ang ban ng OFW sa 41 na bansa
Dole Secretary Rosalinda BaldozHeto na naman. Pumalpak si Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz sa pag-anunsyo na may ban sa pagpadala ng manggagawang Pilipino sa 41 na bansang hindi pumirma sa kasunduan...
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Layoffs of OFWs in Saudi not due to oil price slump: labor attaches
Filipinos in Saudi renew their passports. Philippine Embassy in Riyadh. Despite decline in global oil prices, the Saudi labor market remains stable for Filipino workers. The reported retrenchments are...
View ArticleSocial Media useful in making those in power accountable in Bertiz’s case
The shaming of Party List ( ACTS OFW) Rep. Aniceto Bertiz, III (which he fully deserves) caught on quickly because of the closed-circuit television video which was circulated in Social Media. One of...
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