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.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) issued an advisory last September 22 regarding sex traffickers preying on Filipino women by offering them “bait” jobs in other countries, such as Malaysia and Singapore, as shared in … Read more
Choosing to work as an OFW is no simple task. Aside from leaving their family in pursuit of a better job, OFWs also sometimes pass up the chance to enjoy being with the people they … Read more
Last Friday (September 21), the Department of Foreign Affairs announced that the Philippine Consulate General in Houston is set to reopen on September 24 (Monday), almost three decades after it was closed in September 1993, … Read more
OWWA offers many programs like training and scholarships, livelihood programs, and cash assistance in times of need. Most of OWWA’s programs are financial assistance and one of them is calamity assistance. If you or your … Read more
Who would’ve thought that a Filipina raised in the slums would ever become the first female president of one of the biggest public universities, and in the US nonetheless? (ALSO READ: President Duterte Approves Free … Read more
Working Filipinos who have unsettled loan payments with the Social Security System (SSS) were given at least six (6) months under the SSS Loan Restructuring Program to avail loan amnesty, which will soon end on … Read more
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has made a new requirement for all banking and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) that offer online banking platforms to make interbank electronic fund transfers (EFTs) available to users by … Read more
Whenever an OFW leaves for work abroad, a part of them would wish they wouldn’t, especially when there are children who will be left behind. (ALSO READ: WATCH: Millionaire Couple Shares Success Story w/ PHP … Read more
Four million worth of smuggled food stuff, including chocolate spreads and coffee creamer, was destroyed last September 14 (Friday), as shared in a report by GMA News Online. (ALSO READ: Duterte Leads Destruction of Smuggled … Read more
Filipinos all over the world will have one less reason to feel homesick because Filipino home-grown fast-food giant Jollibee is gearing up to expand in more prime cities towards the end of this year, as … Read more