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US Visa Syndicate Busted in Manila
A syndicate that allegedly provided US visa applicants with fraudulent documents—bank books and certifications, tax declarations, among others— to facilitate their application in exchange for huge sums of money has… Read more
OFWs Use Internet, Not Landlines, To Keep in Touch
The Internet is now the primary communication channel for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families. According to the TNS Digital Life 2012 study, which was presented to the media… Read more
Remittances: How Filipinos Abroad Keep the Philippines’s Economy Alive
LET us imagine the Philippines without its overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and assume there are no temporary and permanent migrants and millions of Filipino families do not receive any remittance… Read more
Pinoy Men More Likely to be Unemployed Than Women: ILO
Men are more likely to be unemployed than women in the Philippines and Thailand, according to a recent report by the International Labor Organization (ILO). In the Global Employment Trends… Read more
ILO Says 40.2% of Filipino Workers in Low-paying Jobs
ALMOST 2 million jobs were created last year during the first year of the Aquino administration, but as many as 40 percent of all the workers in the country are… Read more
More Filipinos Working Abroad Have HIV-AIDS
At least 271 Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been infected with HIV in 2011, 50 per cent higher than 174 OFWs who were tested HIV positive in 2010, a radio… Read more
OFW Remittances Seen Slowing in 2012
British banking giant Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. (HSBC) sees a slower 5% growth in remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) due to external developments. In a report,… Read more
Jailed Saudi OFW Seeks Assistance
For picking up a lost automated teller machine (ATM) card owned by a Saudi national, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) was sentenced to five-year incarceration at the Al-Hair jail in… Read more
Travel Guide Ranks NAIA-1 2nd Worst Terminal Worldwide
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 has once again been ranked as one of the worst airport terminals in the world. In a USA Today article, Frommers.com editor… Read more
Nov. ’11 Remittances Hit New High of $1.78-B
Remittances of overseas Filipinos hit $18.3 billion in the first 11 months of 2011 with a boost of $1.78 billion—a new monthly record high—last November, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas… Read more
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