Mary Jean, whose husband Rogelio works in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, visited the Bantay OCW program at Radio Inquirer (990 AM) for possible assistance related to the financial support that her husband sends them through his mistress.
A man dials 999. Hazel Margarita Parado takes the call. Geoffrey Panganiban, part of a three-man ambulance team, prepares for dispatch. It is an emergency hotline in Dubai.
Patria Puyat was recently appointed director of conferences and events at the luxurious InterContinental Hotels Group Dubai Festival City (IHG DFC). She has also been appointed director in the hotel’s executive committee, the first Asian in the top level team.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), where about 500,000 Filipinos live and work, is seeking Philippine support in Dubai’s bid to host the World Expo in 2020.
Good news to Filipino household service workers who want to work in Dubai.
Judith, a domestic worker in Dubai, complained she was being maltreated by her female employer. She said the madam once tried to choke her. Different objects were also thrown at her, she was often deprived of food and was even prohibited from using the bathroom, she claimed.
First and foremost, one has to have a passion for something in order to succeed, says Dubai-based Ezra Santos, one of the top designers in Dubai.
When homesickness creeps in, Filipinos here either hit the beaches of Jumeirah, a less cosmopolitan area in the gulf coast of this city, or those of the neighboring emirates of Sharjah and Ajman. They go in groups, packing comfort foods such as chicken adobo and grilled tilapia, and share stories to ease the loneliness.
Manila should ask Dubai to crack down on foreign placement agencies operating in the United Arab Emirates if it wants to stop the flow of Filipino domestic helpers going to strife-torn Syria, a migration expert said Thursday.
The last thing Filipino performer Carlos Celdran expected at the largest art fair in the Middle East was to be picked up by security officials, questioned, and ordered to remove political and religious references from his show.
Dave Matthew Lopez, the new-born baby boy afflicted with a rare liver ailment called biliary cirrhosis and whose story appeared on December 12, 2011 at the Philippine Daily Inquirer, is in need of immediate surgery amounting P3 million to P4 million.
In this modern Middle Eastern city, fashion designer Furne One is living his dream and is proudly carrying the Philippine flag.
This Cebuano has surely made every Filipino proud with his creations being worn by A-list international stars—Heidi Klum, Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, and soon, Lady Gaga.
