Hundreds of overseas Filipino workers in New Zealand lost their jobs just before Christmas and are asking the Philippine government for continuing financial assistance as they look for new jobs this New Year.
Ni JAMIE MIKAELLA VARGASPinoy Weekly Ikinatuwa ng Kilusan ng Manggagawang Kababaihan (KMK) ang hatol ng korte sa Kuwait sa kaso ng pagpatay sa overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) na si Jullebee Ranara noong Enero. Hinatulan ng 15 taong pagkakakulong si Ayed Al-Azmi, 17...
By ABHIE GANADOBulatlat.com MANILA – Nine illegally terminated Jollibee workers and other community members protested at the Jollibee Journal Square, following the filing of the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) of a formal complaint against the fastfood...
Ni JAMIE MIKAELLA VARGASPinoy Weekly Ikinatuwa ng Migrante Philippines ang suspensiyon ng bagong guidelines ng Interagency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) na lalo pinahihirapan ang mga overseas Filipino worker (OFW) at ordinaryong mamamayan na makalabas ng bansa....
Migrante International (MI) called for a deeper investigation into reports of free riders taking advantage of the government’s repatriation program for distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Reacting to Commission of Audit’s (COA) finding that thousands of...
Harassment against Hong Kong migrant workers imperils their employment opportunities and prompts them to incur more debt. Governments are aware of the problem, but advocacy groups say regulations and enforcement are not enough. BY CHERRY SALAZARPhilippine Center for...
Sa bawat kaso ng pagpatay, deployment ban ang tugon ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas. Ngunit paglipas ng ilang buwan, binabawi muli ng Pilipinas ang ban at pumapasok sa Memorandum of Understanding sa mga host country at muling umiikot ang siklo ng pagpapadala ng mga OFW sa ibang bansa.
Migrante International appealed to the government to look into the cases of Filipino migrant workers who are on death row in foreign countries.
Nanawagan kay Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ang mga Overseas Filipino Workers sa Taiwan na bigyang pansin ang kanilang kaligtasan sa gitna ng tumitinding girian sa pagitan ng Estados Unidos at Tsina.
Nagresulta ang pandemic sa pagsara ng maliliit at malalaking establishment. Maraming natanggal, karamihan dito mga foreign workers, expatriate.
It was April 26 when more than a hundred repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) awoke to the news that a fellow balikbayan had hung herself in a stairwell in Room 43. They had been housed under the same lodgings for almost a month—twice the mandatory 14-day...
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