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“Relatives Expect Me to Pay for Everything”: The Financial Anxiety of OFWs Homecoming Costs

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9 Reasons Why Many Filipinos Fail to Save for the Future

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15 Unique Filipino Quirks That Foreigners Find Fascinating (and Filipinos Know by Heart)

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Top Countries Hiring Filipino OFWs in 2025

  Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) continue to be a vital force in the global workforce, contributing significantly to the Philippine economy through remittances and skills transfer. As of the most recent data, millions of Filipinos are employed abroad, with their...

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Filipino Teacher and Wife Among Missing After Myanmar Quake

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No Placement Fees for Domestic Workers

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Long Service Computation: How Much Can HK Domestic Helper Get?

Long service computation is a topic that interests primarily domestic workers who have served their employers for no less than five years. As of October 1, 2023, newly hired foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are entitled to a minimum allowable wage of HK$4,870 per month. But if the working relationship between the helper and her employers deteriorates under incompetence,...

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