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    More Filipinos Find Jobs in Saudi Arabia

    More Filipino workers were hired and re-hired by Saudi Arabia despite its “Saudization” policy meant to pressure local firms to hire Saudis instead of migrant workers, according to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Based on POEA...

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    Filipino Communities in Qatar to Form Umbrella Organisations

    Filipino groups in Qatar will be creating umbrella organisations to implement future projects and events besides hosting the Philippine Independence Day celebration. During a meeting at the Philippine embassy yesterday morning, vice consul Melvin Almonguera told leaders...

  • Crabbing a Great Pastime for OFWs in Qatar

    Crabbing has for long been the most exciting family activity for many overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Qatar. One such OFW is Boy Deluz from Marinduque province in the Philippines, who believes that catching crabs – as...

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    Relaunch Gives Fillip to Social Security System for Filipinos in Qatar

    SSS representative Michael Ingal told Gulf Times that more than 800 OFWs have visited and called his office last month to inquire about contributions and how to continue their loan payments. “We have been receiving a lot of calls...

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    Top Pinoy Singers To Visit Qatar for Concerts

    Three of the best and most popular Filipino singers will serenade and rock Qatar on April 4 and 5 at Regency Halls and Qube at Radisson Blu, Doha. Nyoy Volante, known as the Philippines’ king of acoustic...

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    Filipino Music Buffs in Qatar Raise Funds for Compatriots

    An organisation in Qatar has launched a unique way of generating funds to help bring distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) back home. Dubbed as “Awit Mo Kalayaan Ko (Your song, my freedom),” the project gives music lovers...

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    Pinay Health Worker in Qatar Wins QR1 Million in MashreqMillionaire

    Mashreq Qatar, a leading financial institution in the region, has announced Doha-based healthcare specialist Herminia V Mescallado as the latest winner of QR1mn prize money in its popular savings programme, MashreqMillionaire. Mashreq Qatar head retail banking Niranjan...

  • Filipinos in Qatar Want Tagalog Films Screened Regularly

    Filipino expatriates in Qatar, who number over 200,000, say cinemas in the country should start screening movies from the Philippines regularly. “Our community has grown considerably in the last few years and there are scores of regular...

  • Philippine School of Doha to Get its Own Building

    The Philippine School of Doha (PSD) is expected to move to its own building some time in the second or third quarter of 2014, school chairman Gerardo Macasa Jr said yesterday. Macasa said at a briefing the...

  • Pag-IBIG Fund Membership Must for Qatar Overseas Filipino Workers

    The Pag-IBIG Fund membership has been made mandatory for all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) as a pre-requisite for the issuance of an overseas employment certification, a Philipine Embassy spokesperson has disclosed. The Pag-IBIG Fund is a convenient...