DOLE to Open Hospital That Would Offer Free Services for OFWs
While a lot of people have this notion that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are rich, this is not entirely true. Many OFWs do have good salaries abroad, yet a lot …
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Sick OFW Receives Big Amount from Employers, Even If She Worked Less Than a Year
When domestic helpers get sick, many are actually just sent home by their employers because they could no longer work. Others are allowed to stay until their contract ends – …
Swedish Ambassador Believes Sweden Will Be Next Major Destination for Skilled OFWs
There are millions of Filipinos living and working abroad. Many are overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) while others went to these foreign countries after marrying a citizen of that particular place. …
Lucky OFW Receives Luxury Gifts from Employer, To Give Pinay a Makeover
Remember that Pinay who regularly receives designer bags and luxury items from her kind employers in Saudi, even getting an extra Php500k to build a house? Well, the lucky Pinay …
Domestic Helper Who Went Home after Getting Sick, Gets Visited by Former ‘Alaga’
A 54-year-old domestic helper who discovered that she had a Stage 4 illness decided to quit her job in Hong Kong to seek second opinion in the Philippines and find …
Friends Raise Money to Bring Home Body of Pinay in California Hit-and-Run Incident
A Filipina visiting some friends in the US, unfortunately, has to go home in a casket after she was hit by a car while crossing a street in California. Marianne …
Uncle, Friend Visit Repatriated OFW with Amnesia to Shed Light on His Identity
When the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) sought help from netizens to find the family of Richard Soriano Reyes, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who lost his memory in China, …
Domestic Helper Fired for Illness Settles Case Against Employer, Receives HK$30k in Damages
Remember that helper fired by her employer in Hong Kong after she was diagnosed with a Stage 3 illness? Her sister’s employer has rallied enough support for her, and she …
Kuwaiti Family Cries at Airport as Pinay Domestic Helpers Go Home
We hear so many stories of domestic helpers, usually Filipinos, being treated badly in the Middle East, particularly in Kuwait – but a video recently went viral of a kind …
2 Million Workers to Benefit from Mandatory Health Insurance in Oman
Oman is set to roll out mandatory health insurance which will require all employers in the private sector, including household employers, to provide medical insurance for all their workers. Among …