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Filipinos in Qatar Want Tagalog Films Screened Regularly
Filipino expatriates in Qatar, who number over 200,000, say cinemas in the country should start screening movies from the Philippines regularly. “Our community has grown considerably in the last few… Read more
‘Triple Treat’ for Filipino Accountants in Qatar
As part of their continuing professional enhancement programme, Filipino accountants have conducted personality workshops over the weekend during their triple treat event at the Al Yasmin Ballroom of Swiss Bell… Read more
Filipino Maids in Qatar to Get ‘Model Job Contract’
Qatar is working to have a ‘model job contract’ for Filipino maids so that their government doesn’t ban them from taking up employment here. Manila, as is known, is planning… Read more
Filipino Film Made in Qatar ‘I Love You Ma’am’ Premieres
‘I Love You Ma’am’, the first Filipino film shot entirely in Qatar, premiered yesterday at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF). The short narrative film is competing for the inaugural… Read more
Philippine School of Doha to Get its Own Building
The Philippine School of Doha (PSD) is expected to move to its own building some time in the second or third quarter of 2014, school chairman Gerardo Macasa Jr said… Read more
Kin Suspects Foul Play in Death of Qatar OFW
The family of an overseas Filipino worker who was found dead at the top of her rented apartment in Doha, Qatar on September 4, 2011 is suspecting that there was… Read more
Pag-IBIG Fund Membership Must for Qatar Overseas Filipino Workers
The Pag-IBIG Fund membership has been made mandatory for all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) as a pre-requisite for the issuance of an overseas employment certification, a Philipine Embassy spokesperson has… Read more
UAE, Kuwait, Qatar Face Ban on Filipino Maids
The Philippines government could soon issue a ban on the deployment of domestic workers to three Gulf countries because it says it cannot guarantee their protection. According to media reports… Read more
80% of Qatar OFWs Fail to Develop Savings
Eighty percent of Filipino workers in Qatar do not save for a rainy day, said Labour Attache Ricardo Sodusta, of the Philippine Overseas Labour Office. Sodusta, who was speaking to… Read more
Saudization Likely to Drive Filipinos to Qatar: Envoy
Philippine Ambassador to Crescente Relacion said that thousands of Filipinos who will be displaced by “Saudisation” policy are likely to seek jobs in Qatar. “There is a big possibility that… Read more
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