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(Eagle News) — An Overseas Filipino Worker died after she allegedly fell from a building in the United Arab Emirates last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. Based on a report from Consul General Paul Raymond Cortes of the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai, the Filipina, who was not identified, was believed to have fallen from the third floor of a building in Ajman on Nov. 23. She was declared dead on arrival at the […]
(Eagle News)—Senator Joel Villanueva is seeking a probe into what he said were the miserable conditions of some Filipino truck drivers in Padborg, Denmark. In filing Senate Resolution No. 946, Villanueva noted the 22 Filipino truck drivers who were rescued by Danish authorities from a camp were supposed to be working in Poland with a monthly pay of 1,060 EUR including meal allowance, free accommodation, overtime pay, medical benefits and life insurance based on their contracts. […]
(Eagle News) — Tuluy-tuloy ang pagtulong na ginagawa ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa mga Overseas Filpino Worker (OFWs) na naapektuhan ng bagyong Ompong. Ayon kay Secretary Silvestre Bello III, medyo naantala lamang ang pagbibigay ng tulong sa Isabela province dahil sa panghihimasok ng ilan na nais manggulo sa pagbibigay ng assistance. Pero nilinaw ng kalihim na itinuloy na muli ang pagbibigay ng tulong sa OFWs sa Region 1, 2, 3 at Quezon […]
(Eagle News)—–President Rodrigo Duterte said he may send a senator or Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano to Jordan to “fix” the situation of undocumented Overseas Filipino Workers there. Duterte made the announcement on Thursday, Sept. 6, after his meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II during his official visit to the Kingdom. “Kaya matagal kami nag-usap about you…kayong lahat. Pag-usapan lang is ‘yung undocumented dito…Wala kayong dapat taguan,” he said. Duterte appeared to express optimism […]
(Eagle News) — No Filipino was hurt in the foiled missile attack in the Saudi city of Najran, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to Consul General Edgar Badajos of the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah, based on a report from Filipino community leader Fayes Mailao, all the 7,850 Filipinos in Najran are safe. These include the Filipino nurses who work in the two hospitals which are near the area where debris from the blasted missile […]
(Eagle News) — Mariing itinanggi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na pagpapagamot ang layunin ng kanyang biyahe sa bansang Israel at Jordan. Sinabi ng Pangulo na may kinalaman sa kapakanan ng mga Overseas Filipino Worker (OFWs) ang sa Israel at Jordan ang kanyang pagbisita sa Israel at Jordan na magsisimula sa September 2 hanggang September 5. Environment Sec. Cimatu, may gagawing misyon sa Israel at Jordan Ayon sa Pangulo, bibigyan niya ng dagdag na trabaho si […]
Poland, whose right-wing government opposes taking in migrants, may have to look to Filipino workers to cover a growing labor shortage hurting the economy, a senior official said Saturday. “We are on course to conclude an agreement. I hope that in the autumn we will be able to at least sign a preliminary accord” with the Philippine authorities, Deputy Labor Minister Stanislaw Szwed said according to a PAP news agency report. Szwed noted that Poland and […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, July 6, reiterated her proposal for the deployment of human rights attachés to countries where Overseas Filipino Workers were “most vulnerable in the hands of foreign employers.” In making the suggestion, De Lima, chair of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, noted reports on the abuse of OFWs, including a Filipina working in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia who committed suicide after her employer’s son reportedly made sexual […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs is monitoring the situation in Guatemala following the eruption of Volcán de Fuego. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy situated in Mexico was in touch with leaders of the Filipino community to determine if any of the 200 Filipinos living and working in the Central American country needed assistance. The DFA said the Philippine Consulate in Guatemala also urged Filipinos to donate to help those […]
(Eagle News) — Binuksan na ng Philippine Embassy sa Kuwait ang pagpo-proseso sa mga aplikasyon ng mga nais na magtrabaho bilang domestic helper sa nasabing bansa. Kasunod ito ng mga alituntunin ng Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) sa mga recruitment agency kaugnay sa pangangalaga ng karapatan ng mga Filipino worker na nais magtrabaho sa Kuwait. Nakasaad sa memorandum circular ng POEA na malayang makapagsumbong ang OFWs sa mga ahensya ng Kuwait at Pilipinas kapag may […]
(Eagle News) — Nais tumungo ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa bansang Kuwait upang personal na magpasalamat sa kanilang ibinigay na proteksyon sa mga Overseas Filipino Worker. Sa kanyang meet and greet sa Filipino community sa South Korea, sinabi ng pangulo na wala siyang alinlangan na hindi tutuparin ng Kuwait ang mga pangako nito kaya’t bilang tugon ay kahit ilang oras lamang ay tutungo siya sa nasabing bansa para ipahayag ang kanyang pasasalamat. Gayunman, hindi pa […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The guidelines for the deployment of Filipino household service workers to Kuwait will be released next week. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the revelation in a hearing by the Senate committee on labor on Wednesday, May 23, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said he had yet to see “guarantees” on the conditions agreed upon by the Philippines and Kuwait in a signed pact on May 11, before […]
