Asian airports dominated the recently concluded World Airport Awards in Vienna, Austria. SKYTRAX, a United Kingdom-based consultancy specializing in air travel, listed six airports in Asia as among the world’s 10 best.

An independent association of journalists —the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) — has named the top 10 “most censored” countries.

As media giant Cable News Network (CNN) showcases the Philippines on its “Eye On” special series, it tackles pirate attacks at sea, one of the issues affecting the country, as a third of the world’s seafarers are Filipinos.

The results are out — Filipino-Mexican Jessica Sanchez has made it to the top four of the reality singing competition “American Idol.”

OVERSEAS Filipino workers keep our economy afloat with remittances to their relatives back here at home. Some send their money through a bank or remittance company for a fee; others scrimp on service fees and commission by risking loss and sending hard cash, hand-carried by a home-bound friend, or friend of a friend. “Pera padala” [...]

Filipinos are truly world-class and can compete in the global arena with their innate ability, skill and talent. The country’s Overseas Filipino Workers in many parts of the world are recognized for their ability to speak English. Many work as teachers of English; some who land jobs s domestic help also double as English tutors [...]

Diversification on both the skills and destinations of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) powered the resiliency of remittances being sent home to the Philippines.

A number of teleserye are now boosting their appeal to viewers by resorting to the expensive gambit of shooting abroad. “Princess and I” has set quite a number of its sequences in the Himalayan country of Bhutan (masquerading as a fictional country); “Kung Ako’y Iiwan Mo” is about Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle East; [...]

Learning that many Filipinos seek employment abroad to realize their dream of owning a house, Vice President and government housing czar Jejomar C. Binay said the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG) is now attuned to the concerns of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

n official of the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA) said Tuesday that they will open their social networking site accounts in Twitter, Facebook and Skype so they can reach out to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).