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Australia to Cut Number of Immigrants
Australia’s main opposition party vowed Sunday to cut the number of immigrants allowed into the country if it wins in next month’s elections. Australia’s rapid population growth and increase in asylum seekers, mainly from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka,...
Japan Training Program Is Said to Exploit Workers
Six young Chinese women arrived in this historic city three summers ago, among the tens of thousands of apprentices brought to Japan each year on the promise of job training, good pay and a chance at a better life back home. Instead, the women say, they...
Filipina Maid in Singapore Inherits Over 4 Million Dollars
A devoted Filipina maid inherited six million Singapore dollars (more than four million US) from her late employer after more than 20 years of service, a newspaper report said Wednesday. “I am the luckiest maid in Singapore, with or without the...
Disturbance: 24 PAGASA Specialists Lose Hope, Leave Philippines
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has lost 24 key personnel, most of them experienced weather forecasters, in the past 10 years to lucrative offers from abroad, the Inquirer has learned. Brain drain...
Binay Seeks Enhanced Training for Filipina Nurses, Caregivers
Vice President Jejomar Binay Monday appealed to the Japanese government to help further enhance the training of Filipino nurses and caregivers mulling to work in Japan under the Japan–Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). Japanese Ambassador...
Filipina Tastes Success in Cambodia
Starting any business from scratch is a challenge, but coupled with the premise of selling unfamiliar products to a new country, it takes an individual with brains, bravery and sheer bloody-minded persistence to make it work. Fortunately, EXL Filmart...
Are Maids Diluting Singaporean Culture?
THE politically correct term is “helper”, but most people tend to call them maids. And they are a growing population in Singapore, with many of them employed by the Indian community living here. As more women in Singapore join, or in some...
HK Excludes Domestic Helpers From Minimum Wage Law
Asian Migrants Coordinating Body (AMCB) spokesperson Dolores Balladares told GMANews.TV in a phone interview that Hong Kong’s Legislative Council shot down an amendment to the proposed Statutory Minimum Wage (SMW) that would have included foreign domestic...
Singapore Needs 100,000 Workers As Economy sizzles
Singapore will need 100,000 new foreign workers this year to keep on track an economy enjoying a stunning rebound, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in remarks published Thursday. Rich but worker-starved Singapore has historically rolled out the welcome...