Pinoy OFW

A new health insurance program which is intended to reduce the cost of hospitalization of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families was launched Wednesday. The Bayani Family Care Program is a health care plan that provides…

Police authorities in Hong Kong released the former employers of Lorain Asuncion, the Filipina domestic worker who fell to her death on July 24 last year while in Shenzhen during a supposed holiay visit. “After enquiry and investigation,…

A Hong Kong politician has expressed concern over the gathering of foreign domestic workers and urged the government to provide more facilities for them during their days off so they don't gather in public places, which affect other…

A court in Singapore has sentenced a Bangladesh national for eight months after pleading guilty to harassing and threatening a Filipino woman between April and December 2016. The defendant, who arrived in Singapore to work as a manager in…

A Filipino nurse has sustained multiple stab wounds after he was stabbed by a man while on duty inside a hospital in Saudi Arabia, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported. Emergency room nurse Rolando Mina, 29, a native of Caloocan…

Filipino travelers arriving and departing the Ninoy Aquino International Airport will be able to save precious time as the government will install electronic gates at immigration counters in June, an official of the agency said. “Using…

A Filipino domestic worker has been reportedly stabbed to death by her Saudi employer, a report by Asia Times said, quoting a Facebook post. According to a post by Facebook  user FireWood Fairudz Fernandez, her close friend Norkisah Abedin…

Employers and recruiters have been issued an by Embassy of the Philippines in Muscat that Filipino workers should earn a minimum of OMR290 (P38,972) of wages and allowances to be able to work in Oman. "May we remind the sponsors/principal…

Five Filipino tourists have been arrested in Hong Kong after they were caught attempting to pick the wallet of a Korean woman in April, The SUN reported. Remanded in custody, the suspects were identified as Rasim Linambos, Arlene…

A Kuwait court has sentenced three Indian men to life in prison for their role in the brutal murder of a Filipino woman, Manorama Online reported. The three defendants were identified as Ajith Augustine, Tijo Thomas, and a certain Tufail.…