OFW Journalism Consortium

Report (Jan 3): DFA Secretary meets Syrian counterpart, officials to make representations for OFWs

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Share MANILA—Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmad Arnous and other Syrian officials to formally seek the Syrian government’s full assistance in facilitating the repatriation of distressed Filipinos, especially those who are in conflict areas, such as in Homs, Daraa, Idlib and Hama.. [...]

Happy New Year to Everyone!

adminofwj — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:00:56 +0000

News digest (Dec.31): Class action status granted to 350 Filipino immigrant teachers granted

adminofwj — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:19:54 +0000

Share From a Dec. 21 report by Mark Rockwell of Government Security News (GSN) Magazine CALIFORNIA, USA—THE US federal court granted a class action status to a group of 350 immigrant Filipino teachers who were allegedly tricked into forced labor in Louisiana. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) has been applied for the [...]

News digest (Dec. 31): Pinoy Rice festival held in Hawaii amid group squabble

adminofwj — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:37:17 +0000

Share From a Dec. 19 report by Chris Hamilton of Maui News KAHULUI, USA—FILIPINOS in Hawaii have a lot on their hands—work, family, and the occasional public scrutiny about their behavior in another land—but these are not stopping them from celebrating the core food of their culture. The rice festival here recently [...]

News digest (Dec. 31): ‘Distressed’ Filipinos relax on Christmas

adminofwj — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:32:20 +0000

Share From a Dec. 25 report by Janice Ponce de Leon of Gulf News DUBAI, UAE—ESCAPING from domestic violence and all sorts of abuse, Filipinos not only found solace at the Filipino Workers Resource Centre (FWRC) but also an opportunity to feel Christmas. Around 65 Filipinos celebrated the yuletide season at the FWRC, [...]

Re-post (Dec. 28): The Filipinos who celebrate Christmas in Israel

adminofwj — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:54:38 +0000

Share Re-post of a Dec. 23 report by Jeff Abramowitz of Monsters & Critics TEL AVIV, ISRAEL—THIS is the 11th Christmas that Maria Constancia Lopez, a migrant worker from the Philippines, is celebrating in Israel. Christmas in the Holy Land, of course, focuses on the city of Bethlehem, where [...]

Exclusive (Dec. 28): Filipino remittances from Cayman Islands carries wide discrepancies

adminofwj — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:52:02 +0000

Share An OFW Journalism Consortium news flash exclusive by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO MANILA—FILIPINOS in the Cayman Islands sent back home millions of dollars in remittances as reported by island’s monetary authorities, but the Philippine central bank only recorded a small portion of these amounts. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) isn’t surprised at [...]

News digest (Dec. 27): Migrant, Filipino conclaves in Sydney ‘work well,’ says Canadian author

adminofwj — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:26:08 +0000

Share From a Dec. 23 report by Andrew West of the Sydney Morning Herald SYDNEY, Australia—WESTERN Sydney is becoming a major ”arrival city” as an expert in migration and urban policy thinks migrants forming small communities there is good for Australia. Canadian writer Doug Saunders, in his book Arrival City: How the [...]

News digest (Dec. 27): Filipinos in Isle of Man to ask host government to aid PHL flood victims

adminofwj — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:11:34 +0000

Share From a Dec. 23 report in the Isle of Man Today newspaper DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN—ABOUT 500 Filipinos will appeal to this island’s government to provide financial assistance to victims of a typhoon that struck southern Philippines a week before Christmas. The Isle of Man Filipino Association has approached the Isle [...]

News digest (Dec. 27): 99 irregular Pinoys in Malaysia sent back to custody

adminofwj — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:07:12 +0000

Share From a Dec. 21 report by The Daily Express in eastern Malaysia SEMBULAN, MALAYSIA–THE Immigration Department here sent back to custody 107 foreigners, including 99 Filipinos, from the 130 roped in during a roundup of irregular migrant workers around Wisma Muis. The remanded foreigners were aged between three months and 60 years old, including [...]