Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) barred from entering the country, Thursday night, a Chinese national previously convicted of sex crimes in the United …
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco on Tuesday slammed news that the agency is eyeing amnesty for illegal aliens. Tansingco reacted to a news article quoting BI Deputy Commissioner …
Hong Kong plans to lift the flight ban to nine countries, including the Philippines, starting this April. In addition, they will also reduce the quarantine time for incoming foreigners, and …
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that Hongkong and Macau nationals may again enter the country as temporary visitors without a visa for 14 days. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner …
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will complain to the Hong Kong authorities against employers who allegedly fired an overseas Filipino worker who tested positive for COVID-19. According to OWWA …
About 4,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) heading to Hong Kong were allegedly affected by the trip due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in the said territory of China due …
It is said that some hospitals in Hong Kong are almost full due to the continuous increase in the number of patients who test positive for COVID-19. Because of this, …
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been affected by Hong Kong’s 2 -week ban on Philippine Airlines (PAL) flights, a group of Filipino workers in the said territory said Monday. On …
An estimated 4,000 Filipinos scheduled to go to Hong Kong to work stranded in the country due to the issue of the COVID-19 vaccination card, a group said Sunday. According …
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) going to Hong Kong face uncerntainty after the Department of Foreign Affairs said HK was not accepting vaccination cards from the Philippines. OFW Azenith Abrio and …
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Hong Kong does not accept the vaccination cards issued in the Philippines. “Our vaccination cards are not accepted in Hong Kong because they …
It is said that more and more domestic workers are being abused by their employers in Hong Kong. One of them was an OFW who escaped and showed the marks …
Hong Kong halted its plan to make the injection of COVID-19 vaccines mandatory to foreign domestic workers after human rights groups complained that it was a form of discrimination. According …
Hong Kong’s proposal for mandatory vaccination for domestic workers there has received mixed reactions. Philippine Consul General to Hong Kong Raly Tejada said they support Hong Kong’s vaccination program but …
The traveler from the Philippines who tested positive for the UK COVID-19 variant is a Filipina domestic helper in Hong Kong, the Department of Health confirmed Thursday. “Yes, the HK …
Hong Kong authorities reported that a passenger from the Philippines tested positive for the new COVID-19 strain that originated from the UK. According to Dr. Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the …
A Hong Kong woman visiting Cebu was seriously injured after a cliff-top selfie opportunity took a turn for the worse. Lau Ten Yan, aged 35, was hoping for the perfect …
A few years ago there was an extremely poorly behaved Icelandic volcano (Eyjafjallajökull, since you ask) which resulted in the shut down of all air traffic over Europe. At the time I …
As a child growing up in Hong Kong and Singapore we always had a Filipina domestic helper. I spent more time with those women in my formative years than I did …
January 28 sees the dawning of the Year of the Rooster, and with it two weeks of raucous celebrations. But where are some of the best places to enjoy the …
In the first year of my retirement, following a heart attack and saddled with a ‘terminal’ blood condition, I decided to leave the comfort of small town New Zealand and …
Elite security officers were scrambled to deal with a security breach at Hong Kong airport after a wild boar was spotted in a restricted area today. A team of officers used riot …
I first discovered Lamma Island a few years ago when an old shipmate from my cruise liner days invited me to his home there. I had been intrigued by his …
The tragic death of a Filipina who fell from the 49th floor of a Hong Kong tower block while reaching outside to clean the windows of her employers’ flat has …
Every year thousands of young women from the Philippines, Indonesia and other impoverished countries make the pilgrimage to the bright lights of major first world cities in the Middle East …