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Study: Filipino Drivers Most Fuel-efficient
Filipino motorists are the most fuel-efficient conscious drivers around but they are also stingy when spending on gas, a study funded by a multinational energy company stated. Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sir_mervs/ According to the latest...
Filipino HR Professionals in UAE to Assist Kababayans
Filipinos in the UAE who are facing problems at work or seeking new jobs can now turn to a new group of human resources professionals for guidance. Alan Bacason, the president of the Filipino Human Resources Practitioners’ Association, which refers...
Filipinos in Kuwait Unimpressed by Aquino’s First State Address
Filipinos in Kuwait were largely unimpressed by their country’s new president’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Philippines President Benigno Aquino III delivered his first, keenly anticipated address yesterday at the opening of...
US Orders Pullout of All Pinoy Workers in Iraq
Thousands of Filipino workers in Iraq are on the brink of losing their jobs after the US government ordered all its military contractors to send home expatriate workers whose country imposes a travel ban in Iraq. The deadline for expatriation is August...
Pinoy Employees File Case Against Indian Company
In an unprecedented event yesterday, a few Filipino employees of a company turned up at Indian Embassy to lodge a complaint against an Indian managed company here. Though they had come hearing about the monthly community grievances forum at the embassy,...
OFW Gets Royal Treatment From Saudi Employer
Amid tales of abuses against Filipino workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a Filipina worker has returned to the Philippines telling the story of the royal treatment she had enjoyed from her Arab employer despite her illness. Marilou Lorenzo Ramirez,...
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...
Filipino Musicians Go Global
Along with all the sounds of streetlife reverberating in the UAE – the horns, the call to prayer, the revving engines and snatches of song from across the world – a constant soundtrack is provided by one of the most thriving of expatriate communities....
Thousands of OFWs Defy Househelp Ban in Jordan
Thousands of Filipino domestic helpers are still getting jobs in Jordan despite a two-year-old deployment ban there for such occupation, a Philippine Embassy official said. Welfare officer Carmelita Mag-uyon of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration...