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33 Filipino, Indonesian Care Workers Leave Japan Amid Low Passing Rates
Thirty-three Filipinos and Indonesians who came to Japan to work as nurses and nursing care workers have returned home after becoming discouraged by their slim prospects of passing the national exams for their professions, it has been learned. Eleven...
Canada: Filipino Nanny in Alleged Richmond Hill Human Trafficking Bust
A Filipino nanny is at the centre of a human trafficking investigation unveiled by a bust on a popular Richmond Hill massage parlour over the weekend. Eleven women were found inside Club De Lotto on East Wilmot St., near Leslie St. and Hwy. 7, after police...
Group Sees Rise in OFW Labor Cases Worldwide
An alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) based in the Middle East said Tuesday there has been a sudden upsurge of incidents of migrant abuse and labor malpractice recorded daily by its various chapters abroad. “We have been receiving an average...
Missionary: Many OFWs in Sudan Suffer Abuses
Many Filipino workers in Sudan are suffering from abusive employers and no longer expect Philippine officials to help them, a Filipino missionary has said. Fr. Melito Pinili, a Filipino Franciscan assigned in Khartoum, said some Filipina home caregivers...
Norway May Hire Filipino Health Workers
The possible deployment of Filipino health workers to Norway will increase the country’s intellectual capital and wealth, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said on Saturday. Labor Acting Secretary Romeo Lagman made the statement after disclosing...
‘New Canadian Caregiver Law Has Loophole’
The Toronto Star reported that a new Canadian law inspired by a Filipino caregiver who died of cancer last year has a gigantic loophole that leaves caregivers who fall sick open to deportation. The Juana Tejada Law that went into effect in April was supposed...
Dispelling the Filipino Worker Stereotype
For many Canadians, the image of a Filipino worker is one of a nanny pushing a baby carriage. But the reality is quickly changing. Lawrence Santiago, a Trudeau scholar doing his doctorate at the University of B.C., wants to dispel some stereotypes about...
Israel-born Kids of Pinoy Migrant Workers May Be Deported
Long-laid plans by Israel to deport children born in that country to Filipino migrant workers could be implemented anytime soon, according to Philippine Ambassador to Tel Aviv Petronila Garcia. Under Israeli law, migrant women workers who give birth in...
Higher OFW Remittance Expected — Moody’s
Remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is set to grow by 8 per cent in 2010, higher than initially forecast by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) of 6 per cent, according to Moody’s Investors Service. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas...