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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...
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...
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...
Lack of Local Skills Prompt Filipino Silicon Wafer Firm to Move to Singapore
For lack of local expertise, First Philec Solar Corp., the only Filipino-owned company making silicon wafers for solar power, will base its R&D laboratory in Singapore. While there is the desire to set up the research and development lab in the Philippines,...
Pinoy Sailors Remit $888M in Q1 2010
FILIPINO sailors on foreign oceangoing vessels remitted $888.949 million in the first quarter, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) reported. The amount was 11.04 percent higher —or $88.414 million more—than the $800.535 million they...
POEA Warns Vs Seasonal Jobs in Italy, DH in Singapore
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) yesterday warned aspiring overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) against job offers in Italy and Singapore. Night time in Bari, Italy. Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwwflickrcomphotosciddone/ POEA...
All Systems Go for Hong Kong, Singapore Absentee Voting
Everything seems to be in place and everyone seems to be ready for the upcoming absentee voting for Filipinos in Hong Kong and Singapore. This marks the first automated election for overseas Filipinos. The Esplanade in Singapore. Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/henrylohtravel/ Filipinos...
OFWs in Hong Kong, Singapore Go for Electronic Voting in 2010 Elections
Registered overseas Filipino workers based in Hong Kong and Singapore will cast their votes electronically in the upcoming elections in the Philippines on May 10. This was confirmed by the Commission on Elections, affirming that OFWs from these cities...
Singapore OFW Offers Winning Photo to Typhoon Victims
SINGAPORE – An overseas Filipino worker has dedicated his winning photography entry to the victims of the twin typhoons that pounded the Philippines recently. “As a person, this is one tiny accomplishment and is nothing compared to what others...