OFW – Overseas Filipino News

Taiwan’s Supreme Court has put the fate of overseas Filipino worker Cecilia Alcaraz on hold after it canceled the commutation of her death sentence and called for new proceedings, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) said Friday.

An alliance of Filipino migrant organizations in the United Kingdom is set to file a legal challenge before the British High Court to obtain a definitive ruling on the eligibility of overseas migrant workers applying for permanent settlement after five years of continuous stay in the UK .

More than a hundred nurses, including Filipinos, held a demonstration to protest the planned pay cut and demotion in the largest nursing home in the US.

A newly hired overseas Filipino worker in Dubai allegedly ran off with his company’s money amounting to about P2.5 million.

A 25-year-old Filipino household helper is now getting help from Philippine officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after escaping her allegedly abusive employer who she claimed maltreated her and kept her captive for more than one year.

Forty-eight more Filipino household service workers who have escaped from their employers in Saudi Arabia returned to the country on Monday.

For showing enthusiasm in the 2010 Philippine elections, Filipinos in Hong Kong would likely be given the first crack in using automated voting, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials said Tuesday.

Filipinos in Malaysia made a significant contribution for a bell tower project at a local Catholic church there, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

The Department of Labor and Employment has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to set up “access centers” for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in major malls nationwide.

With just six days before the registration for overseas absentee voting (OAV) comes to a close, former President Fidel Ramos led government and advocacy groups in appealing to Filipinos abroad to have their voices heard in the 2010 elections.