The search is on for the 2010 Model OFW Family of the Year Award (MOFYA).
OWWA now welcomes nominations from various NGOs, POs, religious organizations/ associations, community-based organizations/associations, and LGUs for OFW families who meet the following criteria: a) wholesome family; b) civic/community involvement of OFW and family; c) success in OFW and family’s education and/or profession; and d) success in managing family finances.
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Filipinos who were hired by American contractors to work in military installations in war-torn Iraq may have to return to the Philippines soon after the US government ordered all its military contractors to send home all foreign workers coming from countries that have imposed a deployment ban to Iraq.
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THREE licensed recruitment agencies based in Metro Manila have been suspended by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in line with the reinforced campaign against illegal recruitment.
The Philippine passport fee is way below what other countries in Asia and many others outside the region are charging, according to a survey by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
Some 21 overseas Filipino workers in Riyadh who are complaining of abuse in the hands of their employer have appealed for help from President Benigno Aquino III through a hand-written letter.
A group of clinics accredited by Middle Eastern countries to conduct medical tests on Sunday said there is an “alarming” increase in the number of Filipino migrant workers bound for the region who tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Leaders of over a hundred overseas Filipino workers’ (OFW) organizations in Hong Kong gathered on Sunday to draw up a list of their common demands for the government.
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The Philippine Consulate-General in Milan reported the death of a Filipino national who died of suffocation when a tourist bus caught fire between the towns of Varazze and Celle Ligure in Italy on July 18.
Milan resident Procopio de la Cruz died of suffocation when a tourist bus containing 63 other Filipinos caught fire. Initial investigations suggested that it was due to an electric short circuit. Another Filipina, Billy Jane Sabio, was airlifted to a hospital in Genova due to her injuries. The Consulate General said that her condition has already stabilized.
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An American jurist of Filipino descent, Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye on Wednesday was nominated by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for chief justice of the California Supreme Court.
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The Philippine Embassy in Cuba has reiterated its warning against individuals promising jobs in quake-ravaged Haiti, after two Filipinos fell prey to illegal recruitment and are now stranded in Caribbean country.
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