A Filipino migrant workers’ group lamented what they said was the government’s inaction concerning plight of distressed guest workers. The concern was voiced as the workers’ group said it had organised a coordinated action to rattle the...

There are still Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) awaiting repatriation in Syria, according to a migrants workers’ welfare group. In a statement, Gina Esguerra, Migrante International secretary-general, said she received calls through their MENA (Middle East-North Africa)/Sagip Migrante...

Migrante International, a global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and families said the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) plan to close down 12 embassies and consulates by the end of 2012 was “insensitive” and “impractical.”...

Filipinos who overstayed their Umrah visas after performing the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia have until next month to avail themselves of an amnesty granted by the kingdom, a migrants rights group said on Monday. Migrante...

President Benigno Aquino’s first year in office was “arguably the worst year” for overseas Filipino workers with thousands losing jobs in Libya and the Middle East, and the execution of three Filipinos in China, the militant migrants’...

The Philippine Embassy has complained to Saudi authorities regarding the alleged beating of family driver Edgar Maligaya, 38, at the Olaya police station in Riyadh. In a note sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the embassy...

AN OVERSEAS Filipino workers’ (OFW) organization said President Benigno Aquino III “failed to deliver the attention and protection he vowed to give to the OFWs,” thus earning him a 65-percent mark for his first year in office....

A global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), along with their families, held a lightning rally today at the first Congress of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) at the SMX Convention Center in the Mall of...

Twenty overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) deployed as truck drivers in Dammam, Saudi Arabia have criticized their employer, citing violations of the terms and conditions of their contracts, a nongovernment organization said. In a press statement, Migrante-Eastern Region...

Two Filipino organisations in the Middle East, networked with an international alliance formed to work for the protection and welfare of migrant workers worldwide, have lauded the decision of the UAE government in easing out its sponsorship...