Several Libyan companies have begun absorbing a total of 131 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Friday.

A Filipino-American owned and operated skilled nursing facility in the US bagged a major feat this year, gaining a five-star rating from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Local labor groups on Thursday picketed the Makati City headquarters of the primary investor of a hotel in Honolulu accused of maltreating its workers, a majority of whom are Filipinos.

Filipino migrant groups in Hong Kong are demanding the recall of the appointment of OFW Joselito Sapio as land-based sector representative to the Board of Trustees of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

At least 40,000 Filipino seafarers stand to benefit from a new Japanese anti-piracy law protecting ships and its crew off Somalia, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Saturday.

After noticing a spike in fraudulent visa applications in the Philippines, the United Kingdom will intensify its drive against such applications, especially in the ‘–ber’ months.

At least 65 overseas Filipino workers are listed as “overstayers” or “illegal stayers” in the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a new report released by the CNMI Department of Labor shows.

Philippine officials in Saudi Arabia warned stranded Filipinos against taking offers of a “backdoor exit” from fixers just to expedite their repatriation to the Philippines.

Eight Chinese youths were chosen as ambassadors of Philippine tourism following a two-month promo of a Philippine mall in Xiamen, China.

Ten members of an alliance of migrant workers and runaway overseas Filipino workers are still detained following their arrest for breaking customary laws last week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.