Archive for the United Arab Emirates Category
Pinoy OFW Profile: Jenny Angeles of Dubai
Pinoy OFW website was established with Filipino overseas workers in mind. One of this website’s features is to highlight our Pinoy OFWs where we ask them about their life abroad, their experiences, places they’ve been to, and many other aspects of being an OFW. Our first featured Pinoy OFW is Jenny Angeles who is based [...]
Pinoy OFW Jailed for Stealing Donation Money
A 33-year old Filipino hospital porter was sentenced to a year in prison after stealing a donation box with about 3,700 dirhams (47,089 Philippine pesos) in October, GMA News reported.
Khaleej Times reported that the Court of First Instance also ordered the deportation of the Filipino, employed in the Radiography Section of American Hospital, after completion [...]
Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Fujairah Banks for OFWs
Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates always have the convenience of sending remittance via Filipino banks set up in the emirate or dealing with online money remittance services. However, if the need arises, here are the other banks in the UAE for everyone’s convenience.
Bank Melli Iran
Central Bank of UAE
Citibank UAE
Dubai Bank
Emirates Bank Group
Emirates Bank [...]
Hiring For Skilled Pinoys in Dubai Drops Amid Financial Crisis
The global financial crisis and recent debt scandal involving Dubai World has affected the number of skilled Filipino workers into Dubai this year.
Dubai airport may welcome fewer new Filipino workers into the emirate as economy has not recovered fully.
Photo credit: Nikonsnapper
The financial crisis played a role in the 1.4 per cent decline in hiring of [...]
POEA: Middle East Top OFW Destination in 2009
Filipinos hoping to find jobs abroad will be happy to realize that amidst the global financial crisis, there are still jobs available overseas according to statistics from Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Although the demand dropped by 14 per cent this year, that figure is reason enough to be optimistic, moving towards economic recovery in [...]
Dubai World Debt Crisis Threatens Jobs and OFW Deployment
Dubai’s debt crisis is affecting the Philippines as many Filipinos who work in the emirate and send lifeline of foreign exchange remittances to the country on a regular basis may lose bonuses, if not jobs. The crisis not only affects the overseas Filipinos who work in Dubai, as plans of those who looking for jobs [...]
Pinoy in Dubai Jailed for Stealing Diamond
A United Arab Emirates court has sentenced a Filipino salesman to six months in jail for stealing a diamond worth 30,000 dirhams (P383,003), a local paper reported on Thursday.
The Court of First Instance ordered the 32-year-old Filipino deported after he serves his jail term, the Khaleej Times said.
It said Court records showed that the Filipino [...]
Tips on Safer, Better Delivery of Balikbayan Boxes
Packing a balikbayan box is an unwritten part of Filipino culture abroad. Whether you’re in Dubai, Hong Kong or America, balikbayan boxes are popular means of sending packs of happiness to families and relatives back in the Philippines.
While we think that sometimes this is not a practical or safe one (they say heading to [...]
Filipinos in UAE Dwindling in Numbers
Global economic downturn, high cost of living and higher demand for Filipinos elsewhere sees 20% drop in Filipino population in Dubai.
Dubai: The Filipino population in the UAE has shrunk by almost 20 per cent, blamed on the high cost of living in the country, the global economic downturn and higher demand for Filipino workers in [...]
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This blog is intended to feature Filipino Overseas Workers wherever they may be. From the vast seas of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, our Filipino sailors are crossing the high seas. Not