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Balikbayan Boxes from Filipinos in Alberta Still Unaccounted For
Some Filipino workers who shipped boxes back to the Philippines nine months ago for Christmas are hopeful they’ll get some help from the Alberta government. The workers sent the boxes to family members back home using a Calgary company called Focus...
Balikbayan Boxes: Read the Invoice Fine Print
The next time you send a box of goods to the Philippines, make sure you know exactly how much the cargo company is willing to pay you back in case your shipment somehow gets lost. This is the lesson that Haydee Candelaria, 68, learned the hard way when...
OFWs Warned Against Illegally Entering Iran Via Kish Island
Ambassador Mariano A. Dumia, who was recently appointed Charge d’Affaires at the Philippine Embassy in Iran pending his formal designation as chief of mission, has warned Filipinos against illegally entering Iran via the Iranian island of Kish from...
Balikbayans Beware: Carjackers Follow Couple from Airport, Robs Them
AN AMERICAN and his Filipino wife lost their sports utility vehicle (SUV) and P2.5 million in cash and valuables to armed carjackers who attacked them along Edsa in Mandaluyong City early Friday morning. The incident occurred at 1:10 a.m. at the intersection...
17 Filipino ‘Gang’ Members Held Over Human Trafficking
A “criminal gang” of 17 Filipino men and women has been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking. The defendants were caught in a police raid earlier this month in three buildings in Abu Dhabi after a woman who had been trafficked – one of nine...
Filipino School Teacher in Saudi Claims She Was Raped By Student’s Parent
A Filipino teacher at an international school claims she was raped by a compatriot working at a government hospital in Riyadh, according to a case officer at the Philippines Embassy. The name of the teacher and the school where she worked is being withheld...
May 2010: OFWs Sent Remittance Record $1.578B
Money sent home by overseas Filipinos reached the highest volume in May as compared to any month before, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Thursday. The BSP said the amount of money sent home by Filipinos from abroad reached a new monthly record...
RP Diplomats Appeal for Kin of Pinoy Murder Victim
Philippine officials asked Canadian immigration authorities to reconsider the immigration petition filed by the family of a Filipino caregiver murdered in Canada. Filipino caregiver Araceli Laoagan was on her way home from work when she was raped and...
Three of 7 Maltreated OFWs Back in the Country
Three Overseas Filipino Workers out of the seven, who sought help for being maltreated in Saudi Arabia, arrived yesterday in Bacolod City, while two others are scheduled to arrive in Manila this week. Ronilo de la Torre, 32, of Sum-ag, Reynold Diosana,...