OFW Profiles

A Filipina domestic worker in Hong Kong is seeking financial claim after leaving her employers' home where she was told to sleep in the toilet. Grace, 32, started her job for a family in Happy Valley on September 4. But she immediately…
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Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) returning to the Philippines have been assured that the government "will continue to render" free testing for coronavirus upon arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Transportation…
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Leading Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific said it extended the coverage of its flexible booking options for passengers traveling until December 31. "We continue to listen to our passengers so we may also continuously review and improve our…
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The Supreme Court of the Philippines has affirmed an earlier ruling by the Court of Appeals that sentenced a maximum jail term of eight years to a former Overseas Filipino Worker whose infidelity caused his wife to suffer from…
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A total of 13 Filipino citizens in Hong Kong had tested positive for HIV, while four other Filipino women were found to have full-blown Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) from January to June this year, Hong Kong's Department of…
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The total number of COVID-19 cases among Filipinos based overseas has exceeded 10,800 after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 291 additional infections on Monday. According to the DFA, the COVID-19 tally among the Filipino…
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The efforts of Filipino healthcare workers in Singapore never went unnoticed, as the government lauded the role of the foreign medical professionals as part of its response against the COVID-19 pandemic. Singapore Ambassador to the…
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Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong who were terminated will no longer be granted visa extension and told to leave Hong Kong immediately in order to decongest boarding houses run by employment agencies. Secretary for Labour Law…
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Many overseas Filipino workers have lost their jobs, had their incomes slashed, or afflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. Yet, even as they become displaced as locally stranded individuals when they return to the Philippines, their…
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Requirements: Filled out application form 1x1 ID photo For land-based OFWs: Photocopy of Name and photo Latest visa stamp Latest departure and arrival stamp For sea-based OFWs: Photocopy of…
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