MANILA — Since Camille, not her real name, left for Saudi Arabia in May 14, 2009, she has encountered numerous hardships one after another. Barely three months into her job as a janitor in a dental clinic in Dammam, Camille was raped by her Bangladeshi coworker. She got pregnant as a result. Accused of...

MANILA — “Is Jakatia still alive?” Migrante International, the progressive group that advocates the rights of overseas Filipino workers, asked this question last week, referring to Jakatia Pawa, an overseas Filipino worker who had been sentenced to die in Kuwait. On Jan. 19, Kuwait’s highest court...

MANILA — “It is cold in Macau,” Herman Vendiola, 52, said before recalling his life in the gambling capital of Asia. In some ways, he said, the thought of the climate there heightens his sense of dread each time he speaks about what he and others had to go through. Vendiola left his home in Pagbilao,...

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By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today DAVAO CITY– Migrant workers and their families have asked the government to protect every Filipino worker abroad. “The overseas foreign workers are called ‘modern day heroes’ but the government has failed to provide for their welfare,” said Gina Garboni,...

Hundreds of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) on Friday marched to Mendiola Bridge to demand that the Arroyo government exhort all efforts to reunite more than 300 stranded OFWs with their families this Christmas season. Families of stranded OFWs, together with OFWs from the Middle East, Italy, Hong Kong,...

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MANILA — Lawmakers who went to the Middle East recently expressed shock at the plight of the Filipino domestic workers there. They urged the government to promptly ban the deployment of workers in domestic workers or “household service workers” category. Along with other recommendations they will give...

In the approaching shopping season for Christmas, Triumph underwear as gifts for one’s self or for loved ones may no longer be a generous idea anymore. It would be tantamount to blessing the global giant’s cruel treatment of its employees. Continue...

MANILA — T’is the season to start cheating? Three big partylist groups have questioned the Comelec’s efficiency, fairness, accuracy and capacity to respect, uphold and promote the law, particularly that of the partylist system and in allowing representation for the marginalized. This developed as...

MANILA � Working abroad is a forced decision for many Filipinos. They endure the painful separation to give their families a better future. But when their sacrifices entail drinking rain water to quench their thirst, catching fish for their meal, and get no salary for work done, it�s only a matter of time...

MANILA � Twenty-three overseas Filipino workers who have been working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for only three to six months want to be repatriated after their employer based in Riyadh failed to give them the salary stipulated in their contract and because of the poor, unhealthy facility provided to...

MANILA � Finardo Cabilao, a social-welfare attach� of the Philippine embassy in Malaysia, would have turned 50 on August 16. But a few days before that big day, on August 7, he was found brutally murdered in his apartment in Kuala Lumpur. Read...

OFWs on Arroyo SONA: We’ve heard that...

Remittances Slowing Amid Rising OFW...

MANILA (Bulatlat/July 25) — The Middle East has long been considered by many Filipinos as one of the most lucrative places to work. But it is also one of the most dangerous places for migrant workers, with many overseas Filipino workers returning home with complaints of exploitative and inhuman working...

MANILA (Bulatlat/July 22)– While government economic managers report that overseas Filipino remittances are increasing, actual remittances or transfers are in fact slowing, according to research group IBON. Read...

What gays should know before going to Saudi...

In the Farms and Plantations of Sabah, a Brutal Reality Confronts...

The ‘Accidental’ Migrant: Personal reflections on identity,...

How overseas Pinoys can register to vote in...

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat/Posted by Davao Today MANILA (June 28) – An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who recently returned to the Philippines has made an urgent appeal to help rescue 20 other women OFWs in Saudi Arabia, some of whom are being treated as sex slaves by her former employer. She...