OFW News Updates

A 16-year-old girl whose mother is reportedly an overseas Filipino worker died after she succumbed to stabbed wounds perpetrated allegedly by her own father. The dreams of Zaharra Myza Paz, who recently graduated as a senior high…
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A 36-year-old Filipino engineer has been sentenced to four months in prison by a Singapore court after he was found guilty of intruding the privacy of women by secretly taking upskirt video of them at train stations. Jan Benedict Mendoza…
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A Filipino woman was arrested soon as she arrived in Hong Kong Sunday after Customs officers found HK$3.9 million wortg of suspected cocaine was found in her possession. In a statement, the HK government said customs officers seized about…
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A Filipina domestic worker has been sentenced to a lengthy jail sentence after she was found guilty of bringing into Hong Kong $2.1 million worth of cocaine in December 2014. The sentence was handed out on the eve of Eden Monica Narido's…
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It has been more than two weeks since Filipina Ann Raian Cruz has been held in custody by Hong Kong authorities over alleged drug trafficking offense. Cruz, a call center agent, arrived in Hong Kong on July 30 when inspectors found two…
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A Filipina domestic helper was sentenced to 16 months in prison after she was found guilting of possessing nearly HK$8,000 (P48,508) worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride. According to Hong Kong News, High Court judge Joseph Yau on April…
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A Filipino domestic helper who was engaged in repeated sexual intercourse with a young boy in Hong Kong was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison. "The victim suffered much in the hands of the defendant," Judge Johnny Chan…
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Two Filipina housemaids in Kuwait were accused of spilling hot water on a two-year-old child as they escaped from the house of their employer. Citing reports from Al-Rai daily, Arab Times said the Kuwaiti sponsor has filed complaint at…
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Overseas Filipino workers visiting the Philippines for vacation or returning for good may not be aware of the various forms of criminal activities preying on unsuspecting victims. Fortunately, such modus operandi are well chronicled so…
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An overseas Filipino worker based in Qatar lost an undisclosed amount of money after she fell into the hands of an alleged 'budol budol' gang preying at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminal 3. Sarina Jimmy who was on a…
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