Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Other Emirates

One could argue that sending money to her family in the Philippines was like buying a lottery ticket for a Dubai-based Filipino domestic worker. And winning the lottery. By beating the odds of getting picked out of five million entries,…

As the amnesty program in the United Arab Emirates rolls on to its third week of implementation, Filipinos who have overstayed in the country certainly took the opportunity being offered to them. One of them is Rollie Gutierrez managed…

Filipinos who are availing of the amnesty offered by the United Arab Emirates government have been advised not to book their tickets prior to securing an outpass from various amnesty centers. The government of the Philippines will…

An investigation by Dubai Police is underway about a Filipina domestic worker who bled to her death on July 29, a report from Gulf News said. Angel Pauya Trasadas, 33, died after bleeding profusely while working in one of the flats in…

A Filipino administrator in Dubai has been accused of breaching the privacy of his Filipina flatmate when he secretly filmed her in state of undress, a Dubai court heard on Monday, a report by Khaleej Times said. The incident happened in…

A number of Filipino job hunters who went to a job fair organized by Filipino communities in Dubai took to social media to voice their frustration over how the event unraveled, with many suspecting that they were lured to remain in the…

When Filipina Florence Lomibao sent money back home using her online banking app, she did not expect that was the key to her winning AED50,000. In a report by Gulf News, the Filipina nurse based in Al Ain used her ADCB online banking app…

A Filipino seafarer died while two other co-workers were injured in a towboat fire incident within the waters off Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Authorities say the incident took place in the early hours of the morning on February 23…

The Dubai Court of First Instance has sentenced to three months jail sentence a man accused of secretly filming a Filipino woman as she was taking a shower at a staff accommodation in Dubai. The Court was told that the Indian office…

An Emirati sponsor in Dubai who employed a Filipina domestic worker has been sentenced to 10 years in jail after raping her and threatening to physically assault her at his residence, Gulf News reported. The defendant, 62, and employed in…