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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...
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....
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...
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 Muslims Ship Dates to Celebrate Ramadan
A group of Filipino Muslims in the Emirates has been stocking up on dates to ship back to mosques and less-privileged Muslim families in their home country in time for Ramadan next month. Hanifah Ampatua, the president of the UAE Maranao Community, which...
Dubai Court Upholds Pinoy’s Conviction for Stabbing Iranian
A Dubai appellate court upheld Tuesday a five-year jail term for a 22-year-old Filipino convicted of stabbing an Iranian woman and robbing her in a parking lot in Badaa area in April 2009. The court panel presided by Judge Moustapha Shinawi also upheld...
‘UAE, Qatar, Oman OFW Entry Points to Afghanistan, Iraq’
Unscrupulous recruitment agencies in the country have been continuously deploying Filipino workers not only in war-torn Afghanistan but also in Iraq, a migrant rights’ group disclosed. Migrante-Middle East regional director John Monterona also...