OFW – Overseas Filipino News

Some 8,000 Filipinos may be hired in South Korea every year for the next three years following the signing of a memorandum of understanding in Seoul Saturday night.

Citing the ordeal of 96 Filipino workers who were duped by their recruiter, Vice President Noli De Castro on Saturday warned aspiring overseas Filipino workers (OFW) to be wary of an agency recruiting workers to Poland.

SINGAPORE – For foreign workers like P. Baskaran, the sprawling recreation center set up by the Singapore Contractors’ Association is a home away from home.

Starting June, iRemit will allow its customers – mainly Filipinos working abroad – to remit and credit their housing payments to the Pag-IBIG Fund, an agency that helps Filipinos purchase their own homes.

An alleged illegal recruiter offering nursing jobs in Canada was arrested in a police sting operation in Bacolod City Thursday, an online news site reported Friday.

The Philippine government’s lead departments in overseas workers’ protection should immediately repatriate the remaining 76 duped Filipino bus drivers still stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a Manila-based group said Friday.

Migrante International expressed concern Thursday that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s trip to South Korea on May 30 could lead to the renewal of an employment arrangement, which it deemed disadvantageous to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Pinay stewardess Charela Bambilla Tigno never thought that investing in bonds would immediately make her richer by 1 million dirhams or 12.9 million pesos.

CHICAGO – A Filipino couple, who owned a health care agency, face sentencing of up to 250 years in prison for bringing in to the United States illegal aliens, mostly from the Philippines.

The 12 recruitment agencies involved in deploying the 137 stranded Filipino bus drivers to Dubai are now in danger of having their licenses cancelled.