Pinoy OFW News – News and information about Overseas Filipino Workers around the globe. We share the latest updates on current updates about fellow Pinoys working overseas. Good to learn about what’s going on with our kababayans.
Individuals who have already received the COVID-19 vaccine abroad and are planning to visit or return to the Philippines will still need to undergo swab tests and quarantine until they receive their test results. The … Read more
The Social Security System’s (SSS) new contribution rate, scheduled to take effect this January 2021, will now be at 13%, a 1% higher rate than the 12% rate in 2020. The said increase in SSS … Read more
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced on New Year’s Day that the city government is rolling out a pre-registration website for those interested to receive the COVID-19 vaccines. The website, which can be accessed … Read more
The Kuwait Criminal Court on December 29 handed the highest sentence, death by hanging, for a grievous crime to a Kuwait employer for charges of murder of her Filipina housemaid, Jeanelyn Padernal Villavende, on Dec … Read more
President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that the country will allow entry of travelers coming from the United Kingdom and 19 other new countries over the threat of a new variant of coronavirus spotted in these … Read more
The Thai government announced on Tuesday (December 29) that it would allow undocumented migrant workers from Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar to legally work in the country for about two years to curb the spread of … Read more
President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday raised the idea of reinstating stricter nationwide lockdown as part of the government’s effort to prevent the entry of a new strain of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from the … Read more
As 2020 comes to a close, many Filipinos have expressed optimism despite the challenges that took place and are still taking place according to a report published by Pulse Asia. ALSO READ: 10 Essential Tips … Read more
The grieving family man of the victims of the recent shooting in Paniqui, Tarlac on Tuesday appealed to the public to stop bashing the suspect’s young daughter. Florentino Gregorio attended the wake of his 52-year-old … Read more
Early Monday morning (December 20), social media burst into an uproar after a video circulated across various platforms, showing a police officer, who was not on duty at the time, fatally shooting his unarmed neighbors … Read more