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News for OFW's - General, Europe, USA, Canada, Middle East, Asia, Seafarers, Scam News and POEA/OWWA/DOLE updates


GENERAL NEWS


DoJ okays creation of yet another OFW agency

[OFW's promised more protection under RA10022]

Binay suspends Pag-ibig membership for OFWs

EUROPE


Labor warns of UK job swindle on the Internet

Pinoys ok bike for hire scheme in London

Money remittance scam worries OFWs in Geneva

Pinoy drowns in Vienna

CFC Europe marks 15th year in Vienna

Mass deportation of undocumented Pinoys in Europe looms

EU ruling saves Pinoy from deportation as French breach border check rules

Pinay faces deportation from UK after serving drugs sentence

Mandatory Pag-IBIG for OFWs a legalized ‘kotong' - group

Pinoy group in UK receives Queen's award  

Oldest OFW shares work experience in Spain

2 'hard working' OFWs in Italy cited

RP opens Arnis center in London

iRemit sets up second Italy branch in Milan

‘Very low prospects' for Pinoy nurses in Europe - POEA 

Migrants' group hits mandatory Pag-IBIG for OFWs

OFWs' mandatory membership to Pag-Ibig hit

Oldest OFW shares work experience in Spain

Pinoys gather in the biggest Barrio Fiesta in Europe  

'Tall Story' targets young Filipino readers

Opportunities in Europe for Pinoy nurses

UK assures Philippines on immigrant concerns

DFA: Pinoy dies, another airlifted in Italy bus accident

UST Singers continue winning streak in Europe music fests   

UK won't shut out Pinoy migrant workers

Pinoys gather in the biggest Barrio Fiesta in Europe

'Tall Story' targets young Filipino readers

Opportunities in Europe for Pinoy nurses

UK assures Philippines on immigrant concerns

UK won't shut out Pinoy migrant workers

As debt crisis morphs into jobs crunch, Europe cracks down on foreign workers

HIV-AIDS also a big concern for Pinoys in Austria

Pokwang to entertain OFWs in London

Global Filipino: Pinoy rises from janitor to world class restaurateur

RP diplomats appeal for kin of Pinoy murder victim

Dutch, Pinoys grieve Holland's loss in World Cup

Young Pinay singer the next Charice?  

US teachers union pays tribute to Pinoy mentors' courage  

3 of 7 abused OFWs back in Bacolod, eye raps vs recruiter   

New measures readied to boost protection for domestic helpers

Young Pinay singer the next Charice?

New measures readied to boost protection for domestic helpers

UST Singers is Choir of the World for 2nd time    

MIDDLE EAST

Over 2,000 OFWs waiting in shelters, safehouses or repatriation

Oman grants 179 OFWs amnesty

Get clearance before exiting Saudi, OFWs advised

50 Pinay beauticians in Kuwait accuse employer of abuse

RP post in Kuwait looking for kin of Filipino who killed self

UAE Filipino parents pressed to find new school

RP files complaint vs Saudi employer of comatose OFW

5 recruitment agencies summoned over 16 stranded OFWs

Report of gang rapes of OFW's in the Middle East - video

28 Pinoys held for residence law violations in Saudi Arabia

Mandatory Pag-IBIG for OFWs a legalized ‘kotong' - group

House probe sought over delayed return of OFWs' remains

Recruitment agency denies abusing Pinoy workers

RP post: OFW not being starved in Saudi jail

82 distressed OFWs back home from Saudi Arabia

Jeddah consul reminds Pinay domestics: Minimum age 23

VP Binay meets OFWs in Sokor

Israel to expel workers' kids

140 illegal OFWs in Oman avail of amnesty

'OFWs returning from Iraq won't be punished'

140 Pinoys avail of Oman amnesty  

Migrants' group hits mandatory Pag-IBIG for OFWs

OFW being starved in KSA jail, militant group claims

OFWs' mandatory membership to Pag-Ibig hit

UAE says it will suspend some BlackBerry services

Bacolod recruitment firms on tight watch after P5M swindle  

Dubai court upholds jail terms for kidnappers of 2 Pinays

239 distressed OFWs start arriving from Jeddah, Kuwait

Pinoys in Iraq fear repatriation, unemployment in RP

HIV cases among Middle East-bound OFWs on the rise

Distressed OFWs in Riyadh write letter of appeal to Aquino

RP passport fee lowest in the world - DFA

Filipina teacher in Saudi files complaint vs 'rapist'

Crackdown on traffickers at airport

US orders pullout of all Pinoy workers in Iraq

'Tall Story' targets young Filipino readers

Filipinos in Israel 

17 Filipinos forced others into prostitution ring in UAE

Two Pinay workers tortured, stabbed to death in Kuwait 

Filipinos in Israel

17 Filipinos forced others into prostitution ring in UAE

Two Pinay workers tortured, stabbed to death in Kuwait

Two OFWs brutally killed in Kuwait

Remains of Pinay fire victim arriving Monday

Cops rescue OFW from kidnappers in Bulacan

2-yr-old Pinay dies from cancer; fails to see RP

Pinay among fatalities in Iraq hotel fire

Pinay teacher in Saudi accuses pupil's dad of rape  

Noynoy's intercession last resort in saving 3 OFWs: DFA

RP diplomats appeal for kin of Pinoy murder victim

Young Pinay singer the next Charice?

Kin of slain OFW in Jeddah open for negotiations

Aquino urged to help 3 Filipino convicts in Jeddah

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USA


Pinoys come home from war as Americans

Family mourns murder-suicide victims

Fil-Am boy never got to show pic to US classmates as OFW family died in Benguet bus horror crash

Pinoy caregivers appeal to keep jobs

18,000 Pinoy TNTs go home than risk arrest

CHED urged to act on nursing school scam

Kin of Pinoy car accident victim plan to sue

Pinoy nabbed for ‘semen' in co-worker's drink

Road mishap kills Pinoy in NY

Pinoy entertainers now 'ambulance marketers' in US

Pinoy-owned nursing school shut down

'tis the season for beauty contests

US Labor Dept. blacklists Filipino newspaper

Recruitment agency denies abusing Pinoy workers

ACT backs exploited Filipino teachers in Louisiana

Doctors Serve Up Comfort to OFW's on the Virgin Islands

Filipino teachers shine in Baltimore 

Fil-Am band takes on Carnegie Hall

Pinay guilty of bank fraud in US

Pinoy newspaper in US fined for labor, visa violations

Class suit filed vs Pinoy teachers' recruiter over Louisiana jobs scam

24 Pinoys seek help in US to prosecute RP recruiter 

Migrants' group hits mandatory Pag-IBIG for OFWs

FilAm's bail raised to $1.5-M in murder of own son

OFWs' mandatory membership to Pag-Ibig hit

Pinay gets 12 years for sodomizing young girl

Bacolod recruitment firms on tight watch after P5M swindle

Crackdown on traffickers at airport

Envoy appeals US blacklisting of Pinoy PT grads

New procedures for Visitor's Visa at the US Embassy

'Tall Story' targets young Filipino readers

Protesting Pinoy hotel workers nabbed 

Arnold taps Fil-Am as chief of California SC  

Pinoy-made rescue vehicles for LA county airports

De Lima suspends 19 BI personnel assigned to DMIA

Envoy appeals US blacklisting of Pinoy PT grads

New procedures for Visitor's Visa at the US Embassy

Protesting Pinoy hotel workers nabbed

Pinoy-made rescue vehicles for LA county airports

Fil-Am Marine murdered in Afghanistan

Filipino physical therapists banned from taking US tests

Cops rescue OFW from kidnappers in Bulacan

2-yr-old Pinay dies from cancer; fails to see RP

Immigrants insecure about 'Secure Communities'  

Pinoy caregiver shot dead by ward in Washington

New health center in Oakland to treat undocumented migrants

RP diplomats appeal for kin of Pinoy murder victim

California state workers protest 60% paycut

US teachers union pays tribute to Pinoy mentors' courage    

California state workers protest 60% paycut

ASIA - AUSTRALASIA


Pinoys in Hong Kong blamed for Manila bus hostage deaths

US: ‘No recruitment fee' for Guam-bound OFWs

DOLE: 16 Mideast-bound Pinoys stranded in Singapore

6 Pinoys survive New Zealand sea mishap -DFA

OFWs in CNMI join protest vs budget bill

Mandatory Pag-IBIG for OFWs a legalized ‘kotong' - group

Recruitment agency denies abusing Pinoy workers  

Pinay arrested in Thailand for drug smuggling

Filipinas in Southeast Asia warned vs 'Customs scam'

Pinay drug mule arrested in Bangkok

VP Binay meets OFWs in Sokor

OFWs' mandatory membership to Pag-Ibig hit

Bacolod recruitment firms on tight watch after P5M swindle

OFW group slams DFA ‘double standards' over Singson drug case

Tanker with Pinoy crew damaged in suspected attack near Oman

OFWs in HK draw up ‘wish list' for Aquino  

RP passport fee lowest in the world - DFA  

Crackdown on traffickers at airport 

OFWs warned vs recruiters for China blue-collar jobs 

Filipino maid inherits US$4.3-M from Singaporean employer

Protests greet Arroyo in HK

OFWs warned vs recruiters for China blue-collar jobs

Filipino maid inherits US$4.3-M from Singaporean employer

Cops rescue OFW from kidnappers in Bulacan

Exclusion of foreign maids in HK min wage hit  

Singapore needs 100,000 new workers in 2010  

HK excludes domestics from minimum wage law

Two groups seek extended visas for migrant workers in Macau  

Hong Kong workers demand minimum wage law

3 of 7 abused OFWs back in Bacolod, eye raps vs recruiter

RP post in Guangzhou warns Pinoys anew against drug trafficking  

Pinay arrested in Bali for heroin smuggle

New measures readied to boost protection for domestic helpers  

Japan shippers support Filipino seafarers - DOLE

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