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Hong Kong OFW News Updates
Here are the latest news updates about overseas Filipino workers in Hong Kong. Compiled and updated regularly by your team at Pinoy OFW.
How Hong Kong Protests Impact Filipino Workers
As protests have hit Hong Kong for the 16th…
6 Steps on How to Claim Your OWWA Rebate
As member of OWWA for at least ten years and have not filed any claims or received benefits for themselves or their dependents, you may be eligible to receive rebate from the government agency.
Here are the steps for OWWA members to…
PHL Gov’t Blacklists 40 Local, Foreign Job Agencies, Employers for Labor Violations
Twenty-one foreign recruitment agencies and direct employers were blacklisted and 19 erring local recruitment firms were suspended or whose licenses were cancelled in a continuing bid by the government to rid the overseas placement industry…
Duterte Signs Law Deploying Labor Attaches for OFWs
President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act 21199 otherwise known as An Act Establishing the Office for Social Welfare Attache and effectively amending Republic Act No. 8042, Otherwise Known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas…
Duterte: Government to Handle OFW Recruitment by December
President Rodrigo Duterte intends to place the process of recruitment of Overseas Filipino Workers under the control of the government by December of this year. The statement was made amidst numerous complaints against abusive and…
4 Reasons Why Many OFWs Fail to Save Money
Contrary to many expectations that once a Filipino goes abroad and get paid salary higher than back home, many overseas Filipino workers go home barely able to save money.
Why is it so?
In ideal situations, a Filipino spends…
5 Important Reasons Why OFWs Need to Apply for Financial Loans
One common misconception about overseas Filipino workers is that once they start their employment abroad, they are free from debt mainly because they receive better wages, or start investing to maximize their income.
Although this is…
How to Register Online and Apply to Take PRC License Exam
Recent graduates who wish to take the Professional Regulation Commission's licensure exams can now register online.
Through PRC's online portal online.prc.gov.ph, it is now convenient to lodge applications without going to authorized…
Pinay OFW in Trouble As Husband Discovers Her Affairs Abroad
A court in Hong Kong has dismissed a petition of a Filipina domestic worker who wanted to remain in the city claiming that her husband allegedly threatened to kill her after discovering she had affairs with other men, a report by Hong Kong…
POEA Guidelines on OEC Processing for Returning OFWs
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has issued specific guidelines regarding the processing of exit clearance of returning workers pursuant to the POEA Governing Board Resolution No. 4, Series of 2018 amending Section 22 of…
