+ Follow distressed OFWs Tag
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[Title] => Influx of Filipino migrant workers coming home tapers
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[DatePublished] => 2021-03-18 17:40:00
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[Title] => Distressed OFWs, diplomats among those exempted from travel restrictions — Palace
[Summary] => People who need medical repatriation, diplomats and distressed Filipinos are exempted from the pandemic-related temporary travel restriction to be implemented starting this weekend, Malacañang said Wednesday.
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[Title] => Commentary: A new Philippine future beside the exodus?
[Summary] => Every seventh of June, a Southeast Asian archipelago commemorates the "heroism" of compatriots who have been a visible reason for the steady growth of their motherland's economy.
[DatePublished] => 2018-06-07 11:32:00
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[Title] => Duterte to fly to Kuwait for signing of OFW welfare agreement
[Summary] => President Rodrigo Duterte said he will travel to Kuwait to witness the signing of an agreement that will provide protection to overseas Filipino workers there.
[DatePublished] => 2018-04-12 21:11:00
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[Title] => Deployment of OFWs to China: Opportunities and potential pitfalls
[Summary] => In July 2017, the Department of Labor and Employment revealed that there was a possibility for China to hire Filipino household service workers with a high salary of up to P100,000 per month.
[DatePublished] => 2018-03-07 16:43:00
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[Title] => Slain Filipina in freezer shows risks to overseas workers
[Summary] => When Joanna Demafelis' indebted family needed money to fix their typhoon-battered home, she followed in the footsteps of millions of other Filipinos and left to find work overseas. And like far too many Filipinos, her journey ended in tragedy.
[DatePublished] => 2018-03-03 10:16:00
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[Title] => Kuwait-bound OFWs to be diverted to Hong Kong, Cyprus, Singapore — POEA
[Summary] => The Kuwait-bound domestic workers affected by the total deployment ban to the Gulf nation will be deployed to other markets such as Hong Kong, Cyprus and Singapore, an official from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said Wednesday.
[DatePublished] => 2018-02-28 12:06:00
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[Title] => HRW: Philippines, Kuwait should fix gaps to prevent abuse of OFWs
[Summary] => Instead of imposing a total deployment ban on new workers bound to Kuwait, the Philippines should instead work with the Gulf nation to agree on reforms that would protect migrant workers.
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[Title] => Bello: OFW Joanna Demafelis reported missing as early as January 2017
[Summary] => The sister of Joanna Demafelis, an overseas Filipino worker found dead in a freezer in Kuwait, reported that she was missing as early as January 2017, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said.
[DatePublished] => 2018-02-21 15:14:00
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[AuthorName] => Patricia Lourdes Viray
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[Title] => POEA suspends, cancels licenses of recruitment agencies amid Kuwait work ban
[Summary] => The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration found 11 agencies found guilty of illegally deploying overseas Filipino workers to Kuwait.
[DatePublished] => 2018-02-21 15:00:00
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distressed OFWs
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[Title] => Distressed OFWs, diplomats among those exempted from travel restrictions — Palace
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[Title] => Commentary: A new Philippine future beside the exodus?
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[Title] => Duterte to fly to Kuwait for signing of OFW welfare agreement
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[Title] => Deployment of OFWs to China: Opportunities and potential pitfalls
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[Title] => Slain Filipina in freezer shows risks to overseas workers
[Summary] => When Joanna Demafelis' indebted family needed money to fix their typhoon-battered home, she followed in the footsteps of millions of other Filipinos and left to find work overseas. And like far too many Filipinos, her journey ended in tragedy.
[DatePublished] => 2018-03-03 10:16:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1390313
[AuthorName] => Jim Gomez
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[Title] => Kuwait-bound OFWs to be diverted to Hong Kong, Cyprus, Singapore — POEA
[Summary] => The Kuwait-bound domestic workers affected by the total deployment ban to the Gulf nation will be deployed to other markets such as Hong Kong, Cyprus and Singapore, an official from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said Wednesday.
[DatePublished] => 2018-02-28 12:06:00
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[Title] => HRW: Philippines, Kuwait should fix gaps to prevent abuse of OFWs
[Summary] => Instead of imposing a total deployment ban on new workers bound to Kuwait, the Philippines should instead work with the Gulf nation to agree on reforms that would protect migrant workers.
[DatePublished] => 2018-02-22 09:59:00
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[Title] => Bello: OFW Joanna Demafelis reported missing as early as January 2017
[Summary] => The sister of Joanna Demafelis, an overseas Filipino worker found dead in a freezer in Kuwait, reported that she was missing as early as January 2017, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said.
[DatePublished] => 2018-02-21 15:14:00
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[Title] => POEA suspends, cancels licenses of recruitment agencies amid Kuwait work ban
[Summary] => The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration found 11 agencies found guilty of illegally deploying overseas Filipino workers to Kuwait.
[DatePublished] => 2018-02-21 15:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1805246
[AuthorName] => Gaea Katreena Cabico
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