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300 Pardoned OFWs Still in Jails Abroad
Party-list congresswomen today said that at least 300 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) , who have already served their sentences or have been pardoned, continue to languish in jails abroad. With… Read more
Filipinos in Iran celebrate Independence Day
Filipinos from all over Iran travelled by plane, trains, buses and private cars to Tehran in unprecedented numbers and gathered at the Philippine Embassy last Friday to celebrate the 113th… Read more
PHL Embassy Honors 1st Pinoys in Iran
Philippine officials in Iran are honoring this month the earliest Filipino workers who arrived in Iran in the early 1970s. In a first of sorts, the Philippine Embassy in Iran… Read more
Senator Escudero Promises Help for Filipino Drug Mule in Iran
Senator Francis Escudero has vowed to help a Filipino tourist who was arrested in Iran last year for carrying a luggage with illegal drugs in it. Ernie Tamonde was arrested… Read more
Filipino Meted Life Imprisonment for Illegal Drug Possession in Iran
Relatives of a religious missionary from a remote town in North Cotabato who was sentenced to life imprisonment in Iran for illegal drug possession are asking the government to extend… Read more
DFA: Pinoy Movie Tops Iran International Film Fest
Multi-awarded filmmaker Brillante Mendoza has been recognized yet again at a recently concluded international film festival in Iran. The Department of Foreign Affairs cited a report from the Philippine Embassy… Read more
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… Read more
Pinay in Iran Jail for Illegal Possession of Drugs
A Filipino migrant worker is now languishing in jail after she was caught allegedly in possession of illegal drugs in Iran. John Leonard Monterona, regional coordinator of Migrante Middle East… Read more
RP, Iran Ink Pact for Filipino Seafarers’ Employment
Filipino seafarers stand to get better work conditions in Iran after the two countries signed a bilateral agreement recognizing Filipino seafarers’ certificates of competencies. Labor Secretary Marianito Roque, who chairs… Read more
OFWs Warned Against Becoming Drug Mules
Manila, Philippines (AHN) – The Philippine Foreign Affairs Department is once more warning Filipino overseas workers not to accept offers of money from fellow travelers in exchange for carrying luggage…. Read more
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