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UN pulls back Golan peacekeepers after abductions

Spanish UN peacekeepers in an armored personnel carrier patrol the Lebanese border side, left, as Israeli soldiers patrol, right, at the Lebanese-Israeli border near the southern village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The United Nations on Wednesday pulled peacekeepers back from an observation post in the Golan Heights ceasefire zone where four Philippine troops were abducted by Syrian rebels, a spokesman said.  AP/LUTFALLAH DAHER

The United Nations on Wednesday pulled peacekeepers back from an observation post in the Golan Heights ceasefire zone where four Philippine troops were abducted by Syrian rebels, a spokesman said.

Posted: May 9th, 2013 in Features,Latest Global Nation Stories,Middle East & Africa,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Happy endings of OFW stories keep radio show going

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Susan K. FILE PHOTO

Susan K, the Radyo Inquirer dzIQ 990AM and television host, would have ended up with a Saudi baby had the mother’s husband not changed his mind.

Posted: May 5th, 2013 in Features,Latest Global Nation Stories,Middle East & Africa | Read More »

DFA sets up shelters for Jeddah tent city dwellers

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Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario. AP FILE PHOTO

Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario has appealed to more than a thousand undocumented Filipinos camping outside the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah to cooperate by moving out of their tents and transferring to the facilities prepared for them by Philippine officials there.

Posted: April 27th, 2013 in Features,Latest Global Nation Stories,Middle East & Africa,Photos & Videos | Read More »

No need to crowd ‘tent city’

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Vice President Jejomar Binay. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

There is no need for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to flock to the “tent city” outside the Philippine consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, amid the approaching crackdown against migrant laborers without work permits, Vice President Jejomar Binay said on Friday.

Posted: April 20th, 2013 in Features,Latest Global Nation Stories,Middle East & Africa | Read More »

PH, Saudi Arabia start talks to hasten repatriation of 2,000 illegal workers

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DFA spokesperson Raul Hernandez  INQUIRER.net FILE PHOTO

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has started negotiating with Saudi Arabia to expedite the repatriation of more than 2,000 undocumented Filipino workers camped outside the Philippine consulate in Jeddah, its spokesman said.

Posted: April 19th, 2013 in Features,Latest Global Nation Stories,Middle East & Africa | Read More »

OFW refugee camp set up next to PH embassy in Saudi

Filipino refugee camp next to the Philippine embassy in Jeddah.

A British national living in this city “working for a large international company” sent INQUIRER.net U.S. Bureau photos of the Filipino refugee camp that “established itself next to the Philippine Embassy.”

Posted: April 16th, 2013 in Features,Latest Global Nation Stories,Middle East & Africa | Read More »

Probe of OFW death in Bahrain sought

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A migrant workers’ group has called on the government to look into the mysterious death of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) temporarily staying in a shelter managed by the Philippine Embassy in Bahrain.

Posted: April 16th, 2013 in Features,Latest Global Nation Stories,Middle East & Africa | Read More »

Correct working status, Filipinos in Saudi Arabia urged

Vice President Jejomar Binay. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Vice President Jejomar Binay on Sunday urged Filipinos in Saudi Arabia to take advantage of the three-month reprieve granted by Saudi King Abdullah for foreign workers to fix their working status in the kingdom.

Posted: April 8th, 2013 in Features,Latest Global Nation Stories,Middle East & Africa | Read More »

Filipinos in Saudi told: Have papers in order

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DFA spokesperson Raul Hernandez. INQUIRER.net FILE PHOTO

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday reminded Filipino migrant workers in Saudi Arabia to make sure their work and residence documents were in order after the kingdom, one of the largest employers of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), launched a crackdown against illegal aliens.

Posted: April 3rd, 2013 in Features,Latest Global Nation Stories,Middle East & Africa | Read More »

Saudi Arabia is hiring Muslim nurses — POEA

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is in need of Muslim nurses, according to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).

Posted: March 27th, 2013 in Latest Global Nation Stories,Middle East & Africa,Philippines | Read More »

PH gov’t submits P7.6M to Saudi court to save OFW from death row

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Rodelio Celestino Lanuza

Jailed Filipino migrant worker Rodelio Lanuza is a step closer to freedom as the Philippine government has deposited to the Saudi court its 700,000 Saudi Riyals or P7.6 million contribution to the blood money for his release, Vice President Jejomar Binay said.

Posted: March 27th, 2013 in Features,Latest Global Nation Stories,Middle East & Africa | Read More »

Saudi gov’t delays Zapanta execution

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Joselito Zapanta. Facebook photo

Overseas Filipino worker Joselito Zapanta, who was scheduled for execution in Saudi Arabia , has been given a three-month reprieve by the Saudi government, Vice President Jejomar Binay announced in a press conference on Tuesday.

Posted: March 12th, 2013 in Features,Latest Global Nation Stories,Middle East & Africa | Read More »

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