How OFWs Can Renew Passport in the Philippines
It's almost a given that once a Filipino worker is based abroad, performing transactions in a Philippines-based agency can be a tough thing to do. However, the Philippine government has been trying to make life easier for overseas-based…
POLO Suspends HK Agent Charging HK$12,500 Fee to Filipina Helper
An employment agency based in Hong Kong has been ordered suspended by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office for its role as a sub agent to another agency that allegedly charged a newly-arrived Filipina domestic helper HK$12,500 as "placement…
Missing Filipino Domestic Worker Found Dead in Saudi Hotel
A Filipino domestic worker who had been reported missing was found dead in a hotel room in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last week.
In a statement released by the Department of Foreign Affairs, the 52-year-old woman’s body had been found in a…
HK Police Issues Warning Vs Street Gambling Among Domestic Helpers
Police authorities in Hong Kong have issued a warning to Filipino domestic workers against gambling in public places, particularly in Central where many of such workers spend their days off, Hong Kong News reported.
The Hong Kong Police…
Filipino Amnesty Applicant Gets 6-Month Job Seeker Visa in UAE
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…
PH Consulate in Jeddah Appeals To Stop Sharing Info on Distressed OFWs on Social Media
The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah has appealed to social media users to refrain from sharing information about distressed overseas Filipino workers online.
In the past several years, many OFWs who have suffered abuse and…
Newly-wed Filipina Domestic Helper from Antique Dies in Apparent Suicide in HK
A Filipina domestic worker who reportedly hanged herself inside her employer's apartment in northern Hong Kong on August 1 has been taken off life support system after being declared clinically dead, sources from the Philippine Consulate in…
8 Things You Need To Know About Philippine ID
The long wait is over.
Citizens of the Philippines will finally have their own national ID after President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the Philippine ID System Law. It aims to provide ease transactions between the people and the…
Philippine Government to Pay for One-way Ticket Home For Filipino Amnesty Applicants in UAE
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…
Beware of ‘Friends’ Who Value You Because of Money
As if life abroad is not hard enough, overseas Filipino workers can experience additional misery when they meet 'fair weather friends' who ruin their future plans and even get them in trouble.
Take Christine, a domestic worker in Hong…