Vice President Jejomar Binay led Wednesday the launch of the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG) OFW Center, which is envisioned to be a one-stop shop for migrant workers-related services and transactions.
Vice President Jejomar Binay on Wednesday urged Filipino workers abroad to file complaints against embassy officials and staff who have committed any acts of abuse as he promised to punish them “to the fullest extent of the law.”
Senators strongly condemned on Wednesday the “sex-for-fly” scheme of Philippine embassy officials and employees in the Middle East, one calling it as “one of worst cases of exploitation that have befallen our OFW (overseas Filipino workers) women.”
The overseas Filipino workers who accused Philippine Embassy officials and personnel in the Middle East of sexual abuse are willing to come out and file complaints if government could guarantee their safety, the Migrante Partylist said.
Short and sweet were the speeches and long was the queue on the banquet table after a 115th Independence Day flag-raising ceremony on June 12 attended by over 300 overseas Filipino workers in this oil-rich Sultanate south of Mindanao.
Overseas Filipinos will no longer be required to swear under oath that they would return to the country within three years before they could be allowed to cast ballots in Philippine elections, the Commission on Elections has announced.
It was in 2004 when Jelyn arrived in Dubai to work as a hotel staffer. Then 22, Jelyn was full of hope. She looked forward to giving her family a better life.
An overseas Filipino workers group has called on the Philippine government to send medical attaches to Saudi Arabia, the country worst affected by the outbreak of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
Neil Molina, a veterinarian from Batangas, was named Best Farm Manager of the Year from the Otago region in the South Island of New Zealand, during the country’s Dairy Industry Awards last month.
Overseas absentee voting (OAV) turnout was way below the Commission on Elections’ hoped-for 60 percent in major precincts around the globe. Based on available reports, the overseas vote may be even less than the 26 percent achieved in 2010 despite the stepped up OAV campaign, with some major areas logging only five to eight percent voters turnout.
The results of overseas voters have yet to be officially tallied. However, here are unofficial results from different parts of the world.
Chiz Escudero tops the poll in the United States, where only 11 percent of some 125,604 registered voters cast their ballots.
