Domestic Workers-OFWs

By Ben Garcia, Kuwait Times Sponsors view domestic helpers as child-like and untrustworthy, despite the extensive responsibilities they shoulder in caring for the home and children.

‘Bago niya pauwiin, tingnan muna niya ang unemployed sa Pilipinas. Sa Boracay nga, andami nang walang trabaho. Bigyan niya muna ng trabaho ang mga nasa Pilipinas,’ says a professional who has worked in Kuwait for 35 years by Don Kevin Hapal, Rappler, Apr 30, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – “Kung ‘yan ang desisyon ng Pangulo, why…

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By TOOTS OPLE, Manila Times, Oct 16, 2017 THE first time I heard her speak, I knew she was telling the truth. The domestic worker from Leyte told me about the sexual harassment she experienced while working in the household of a Philippine ambassador. He was a seasoned diplomat who was highly regarded in his…

By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star), Sep 28, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — The United Arab Emirates has approved a law that would benefit 120,000 of the 618,000 Filipinos working in the UAE.

by Margaret Claire Layug/KBK, GMA News, Sep 14, 2017 The Philippines and the United Arab Emirates have signed a memorandum aimed at bolstering mutual cooperation in hiring Filipino domestic workers.

by Jose Galang, Sep 6, 2017 A team of researchers has designed a system of identifying critical factors that affect relationships among members of Filipino families with a mother working overseas as a domestic helper which could help address stressful situations arising from their separation.

BY TOOTS OPLE, Manila Times, Sep 4, 2017 MORE women are leaving the country to work abroad as domestic workers, and this trend is not about to stop. Based on the 2016 survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority, there were 2.2 million overseas Filipino workers at any given time during April to September 2016 all…

By Samuel Medenilla, Manila Bulletin, Jun 7, 2017 To strengthen the protection of household service workers (HSW) deployed abroad, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and its attached agencies signed on Tuesday a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Philippine Recruitment Agencies (PRA).

INQUIRER.net / 10:40 AM May 19, 2017 A 30-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) fell to her tragic death while cleaning the windows in her apartment in Hong Kong Wednesday night.

INQUIRER.net, April 08, 2017 For eating her employer’s food, a Filipina domestic helper in Hong Kong has been fined an amount eight times the cost of what she had eaten.

The minimum salary for Filipino maids will rise to $570 from May 1 to keep pace with exchange rate fluctuations. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/manpower/minimum-pay-raised-for-filipino-maids-here The minimum salary for Filipino maids will rise to $570 from May 1 to keep pace with exchange rate fluctuations, said the Philippine Overseas Labour Office in Singapore.

By Samuel P. Medenilla, Manila Bulletin, Mar 30, 2017, The deployment of newly-hired Filipino household service workers (HSW) abroad continues to increase even after the country lost one of its major markets in the Middle East.

INQUIRER.net, Mar 07, 2017 A Filipina domestic helper holding a counterfeit passport injured herself after attempting to flee her abusive employer in Kuwait.

DOLE closely following up case of Amy Capulong Santiago; help to be extended to her family – Bello By: Tina G. Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 31, 2017 MANILA — Another Filipino household service worker in Kuwait, was allegedly beaten to death by her employer, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Tuesday.

DOLE closely following up case of Amy Capulong Santiago; help to be extended to her family – Bello By: Tina G. Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 31, 2017 MANILA — Another Filipino household service worker in Kuwait, was allegedly beaten to death by her employer, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Tuesday.

By Noel Abuel, Abante, August 11, 2016 Patay ang isang Pinay domestic helper makaraang aksidenteng mahulog sa bintana ng isang residential apartment sa bansang Hong Kong.

By Armida Rico, Abante, August 9, 2016 Inihatid na sa huling hantungan ang Pinay na overseas Filipino worker (OFW) na nahulog mula sa ika-15 palapag ng tinitirhang gusali sa Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia kahapon.

By Armida Rico, Abante, August 5, 2016 Tuwing sasapit ang liwanag, sampal, tadyak at sabunot ang almusal na natitikman ng isang overseas Filipino worker (OFW) mula sa kanyang employer na Egyptian sa Kuwait.

By Armida Rico, Abante, July 26, 2016 Isang araw bago ang kaarawan, dumating na sa bansa ang labi ng isang overseas Filipino worker (OFW) na namatay matapos mahulog mula sa ika-15 palapag sa tinitirahan nitong gusali sa Malaysia. Bandang ala-una ng hapon noong Hulyo 24 nang dumating ang bangkay ng OFW na si Nikki Torrefranca,…

OFW nagpapasaklolo By Armida D. Rico, Abante, July 18, 2016 Labis ang pag-aalala ngayon ng pamilya ng isang overseas Filipino worker (OFW) matapos makatanggap ng mensahe mula sa kanilang kapatid na humihingi ng tulong upang matakasan ang manyak na kanyang amo sa Doha Qatar.

By Armida Rico, Abante, July 9, 2016 Pinapauwi na sa Pilipinas ng kanyang amo ang isang domestic helper makaraang maaktuhang nakikipagtalik sa nobyong Pinoy sa Jeddah.

By Armida Rico, Abante, June 30, 2016 Hindi lang ang pamilya ng isang Pinay domestic helper (DH) ang humihingi ng tulong, maging ang mga kaibigan nito ay nanawagan sa tanggapan ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) at Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) na tulungan itong makauwi ng bansa dahil kasalukuyan itong nasa kritikal na kondisyon…

By Noel Abuel, Abante, June 27, 2016 Dumulog sa Hong Kong (HK) police ang 12 Filipino domestic workers matapos na umano’y matangayan ng malaking halaga ng salapi ng isang recruitment agency kapalit ng trabaho sa bansang Canada.

By Armida Rico, Bahrain, Abante, June 25, 2016 Lahat ng pinaghirapan sa loob ng apat na taong pagtatrabaho bilang isang domestic helper, caregiver at housekeeping sa Bahrain ay nawala ang lahat matapos siyang hindi pasuwelduhin ng kanyang mga naging employer at pinagnakawan pa ng mga awtoridad sa abroad.

By Noel Abuel, Abante, June 24, 2016 Pinaghahanap ng Kuwaiti police ang isang lalaki na pinaghihinalaang humalay sa isang Pinay household worker sa isang disyerto.

By Noel Abuel, Abante, June 17, 2016 Inaresto ng mga awtoridad ang isang Kuwait national makaraang akusahang nanghalay sa isang Filipina domestic worker sa nasabing bansa.

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Joel Locsin/KBK, GMA News, July 13, 2015 A Filipina maid was beaten up and killed by her Sri Lankan colleague in their employer’s house in Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, a UAE news site reported early Monday.

by Wafa Issa, June 11, 2013 DUBAI // A housemaid died after being locked in a room where she was beaten and starved for almost two months, a court heard yesterday. Prosecutors told the Criminal Court that the incident leading to the death of Khadija Kamel was just one of a list of abuses against…