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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...
Filipino Student Perfects Math Score in Hong Kong Contest
By garnering a perfect score, a Filipino student has aced the just-concluded 13th Primary Mathematics World Contest (PMWC) here and helped put the Philippines on second place in the 14-nation competition. With an 11-medal haul, the 16-member Philippine...
Connecting OFWs with Families and Friends Through Facebook
Since the advent of the worldwide web in 1989, the world has never been the same again. And with social networking coming into the picture in the early 2000s, netizens found an even bigger excuse to connect with each other. The first networking site to...
DFA Airs Concern on Rising OFW Drug Cases
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) expressed concern on Saturday on Filipinos continuously being used as “drug mules” following the recent arrest of three Filipinas in Hong Kong and Macau. According to the Philippine Consulate-General (PCG) in...
Filipina DH in HK Killed Boss in ‘Psychotic’ Attack
A schizophrenic Filipino domestic helper chopped her employer, a senior civil servant, to death – severing her spine and exposing her internal organs – because she believed the woman had “taken her body and soul”. Maria Jestle...
3 Pinay ‘Mules’ Nabbed in Hong Kong, Macau
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed alarm over the growing number of Filipinos picked up and detained in Hong Kong and Macau prisons for acting as “mules” or illegal drugs couriers. Last month alone, three Filipinas were arrested...
HK OFWs Ask Aquino: Cut Passport Cost
President Benigno Aquino III should work to lower passport cost for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), organizations of Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong said. Almost 10,000 OFWs signed a petition expressing this demand which the United Filipinos in...
Hong Kong OFWs Bare 10-pt Agenda to Noynoy
Filipino migrant workers based in Hong Kong want Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to end what they call the anti-migrant policies of his predecessor, President Arroyo. “President-elect Noynoy Aquino can start fulfilling his promise of positive change...
2010 Philippine Independence Day Celebrations in Hong Kong
The grandest and most spectacular display of Philippine culture and artistry is set to unfold Saturday and Sunday as the Filipino community in Hong Kong celebrates the Philippines’ 112th Independence Day. The celebration, dubbed “Hou Yeh, Pinoy,”...