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OFW Savings: Overess Filipinos Fail to Save For Themselves During Pandemic
It's hard to generate OFW savings during this era of pandemics.
Every month, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, Filipinos abroad continue to send home remittances worth above $2 billion. And why not? They have families, about 12% of…
Filipina Helper Misses Flight Home After Court Orders Jail For Theft in Hong Kong
A Filipina domestic helper's homecoming to the Philippines did not materialize as she was sent to jail for stealing goods at a retail shop in Hong Kong.
N.B. Cauilan, 34, was sentenced to six weeks in jail on March 9 by Eastern Court…
TESDA Eyes OFWs for Online Farming Courses
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has declared the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) as viable target market for their online farming courses.
TESDA Director-General Isidro S. Lapena noted that…
OFWs From Countries With COVID-19 Variant Still Allowed to Return Home
The Philippines will still allow entry of Filipinos working in countries hit by a new variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Tuesday.
"They will be allowed to come home pero they…
Employer of Slain OFW Sentenced to Death in Kuwait
The female employer of a Filipina in Kuwait who suffered torture and died in 2019 has been sentenced to death by the country's criminal court.
According to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr, who confirmed the news in a Twitter…
5 Bad Filipino Habits at Parties That Need to Stop
Every new year, we Filipinos try to move on and be better than the previous one. Even before the year 2021 kicked in, the new normal has already been taking shape. Yet as the new year rolls on, we continue to aim to leave behind the toxic…
Congress Approves Bill Granting Discounts to OFW Remittances
A bill seeking to provide 50% discount on fees for overseas Filipino remittances has been approved by the House of Representatives on the third and final reading.
With a unanimous 224-0 vote, the congress representatives approved House…
OFWs Included in Qatar Vaccine Plan as Deployment Seen to Rise in 2021
Overseas Filipino Workers' (OFW) deployment to Qatar is seen to increase by 2021 as the country plans to begin its vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) within weeks.
Labor Attache for Qatar David Dicang said…
PAL Offers Free Swab Tests for Middle East OFWs
Philippine Airlines is offering free swab tests for overseas Filipino workers returning to the Philippines from the Middle East from Dec. 21 to 31.
PAL spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said the results of the RT-PCR tests would be released…
9 Things That OFWs and Non-OFWs Must Do Before and Upon Entering the Philippines Amid the Pandemic
Despite the strict travel restrictions imposed and the significantly reduced number of air travels to and from the country, a huge number of arrivals, primarily constituting OFWs coming home for the holidays and balikbayans who want to…