Two Filipino fruit pickers killed when car hit by train in New Zealand
Two Filipino fruit pickers were killed and three others injured when the car they were travelling in was hit by a train in New Zealand. Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand …
Two Filipino fruit pickers were killed and three others injured when the car they were travelling in was hit by a train in New Zealand. Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand …
A Filipina maid allegedly murdered by her employer in Kuwait was found with her body “black and blue” and violated with a cucumber. The latest killing of a Filipino worker …
A young couple from the Philippines enjoying a luxury honeymoon in the Maldives both drowned while snorkelling, it has been announced. The 29-year-old woman and her 30-year-old husband, identified as …
A Bangladeshi man in Singapore has been sentenced to eight months in prison and three strokes of the cane for molesting a Filipina maid. In the early hours of May …
The Kuwaiti influencer who said Filipino ‘servants’ shouldn’t be allowed days off is being dumped by her sponsors. Sondos Alqattan has been dropped by several giant cosmetic brands after causing …
A Kuwaiti Instagram star has sparked outrage by criticising moves to give Filipina “servants” one day off per week. Makeup artist Sondos Alqattan also criticised the new employment regulations for …
A Filipino man died a “hero” in Slovakia after he was attacked by a pair of men whom he had confronted in a bid to defend two women. Henry John …
The remains of a Filipina student who was abducted and murdered in the Republic of Ireland this month has arrived at Clark Airport. The remains of 24-year-old Jastine Valdez were …
An investigation has been launched after a Filipina maid fell from a sixth-floor window of her employer’s apartment in Saudi Arabia. The household worker — whose name has been withheld …
President Duterte has appealed to the estimated 260,000 Filipinos living and working in Kuwait to come home. His call comes amid rising tensions between the Philippines and the Gulf state …
Kuwait has ordered the Philippine Ambassador to leave the country amid a row over the ‘rescue’ of abused Filipina maids. The Kuwaiti government has given Ambassador Renato Villa just one …
Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano has apologised to the government of Kuwait for the embassy-led ‘rescue’ of Filipina domestic workers in the Gulf state. Speaking in …
Nominations are open for an award scheme to honour the unsung heroes of the Philippines — domestic workers. Ten inspirational household workers will each receive a trophy, 50,000 pesos in …
For passengers enjoying a luxury cruise, life below deck is a hidden world. They may be vaguely aware of the girl who makes up their room, or the teams of …
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 …
A new human trafficking ploy has been uncovered at NAIA. Authorities said that syndicates are now taking victims out of the Philippines by pretending they are boxers. The ploy was uncovered by the …
When Ferdinand Marcos implemented The Labor Code of the Philippines in 1974 he opened the door (some could argue the floodgates) to people from the South East Asian archipelago to …
An investigation has discovered that 460 Filipinos were caught working with fake engineering certificates in Saudi Arabia. Of the 2,000-plus foreign workers caught without proper documentation, Filipinos were the largest cohort, followed …