Both private and government sectors are laying down contingency measures in case Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong are terminated by their employers as a backlash of the Aug. 23 hostage incident in Manila that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead.

Another overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Hong Kong was fired from her job following the bloody hostage crisis in Manila last week, which left eight tourists from Hong Kong killed, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Tuesday.

A migrants’ rights group is urging the government to set up a shelter for male overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in distress in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), saying their number has increased in the past years.

A mule is an animal used as beast of burden in other countries, having a horse-like appearance but usually smaller than a regular horse.

A Filipina soprano earned praise for her concert featuring classic Filipino kundiman selections at a local Filipino parish church in Barcelona, Spain.

CHICAGO – The Commission on Judicial Appointment unanimously confirmed on Wednesday the nomination of Justice Tani Gorres Cantil-Sakauye for Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court.

GARAPAN, Saipan – Tough financial times and underemployment have not deterred Filipinos in the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from holding and supporting a fundraiser concert Saturday night to help defray the cost of a compatriot’s medical operation in Manila.

The search is on for the 2010 Model OFW Family of the Year Award (MOFYA). The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Bicol 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 [...]

BEIJING – China, the world’s second largest economy, may have one of the busiest workforces but its people certainly know how to relax.

Many Filipinos in Hong Kong have foregone their planned weekend celebrations to mourn the deaths caused by last Monday’s hostage crisis in Manila.