Film shows trafficking of Filipinos to Iraq has a US face
Posts by tag: Pinoy Life Abroad
by RUBY ANNE R. PASCUA www.ofwjournalism.net MANILA IN THIS school, students are allowed to stare across the window to…
A decade after a regional property bubble burst, the countrys golf industry swings to fresh hits every summer, courtesy of moneyed Filipinos from the United States.
The lack of access to health facilities in host countries aggravates the maltreatment already suffered by some Filipina migrant workers, making them more vulnerable and unattended to.
A Filipino domestic worker in Hongkong protests a pay increase implemented by the Hongkong government that she and hundreds of others like her consider an insult because it is way below their demand. Migrant groups in the Chinese territory are protesting the government’s piecemeal approach to wage increases for domestic workers. Hongkong is one of the top destinations for Filipino maids. (Photo: arkibongbayan.org)
WASHINGTON D.C. –In a series of procedural votes today that required the approval of sixty members, the U.S. Senate was…
In Solidarity. Filipinos in New York take to the streets this week to express support for the so-called “Sentosa 27++,” who were victims of alleged illegal recruitment by a major healthcare management company in New York that recruits nurses from the Philippines. Read the story.
NEW YORK — The Filipino health workers campaigning for justice known as the Sentosa 27++ marched down the Philippine Independence…
MANILA Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Esteban B. Conejos, Jr. warns Filipinos traveling to the Peoples Republic…
MANILA — As the House of Representatives marks its Centennial today with a visit from Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, an alliance of…