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.
In response to the latest “tanim bala” incident at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), President Rodrigo Duterte gave orders to investigate and resolve the matter within 24 hours. Sure enough, the authorities concerned were … Read more
An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) based in Bahrain took to Facebook and shared about a disappointing experience with her “kumare” (close female friend) in the Philippines. On June 16th, Ruby posted a conversation between her … Read more
Billionaire John Gokongwei, Jr., together with a Skype, Inc. co-founder, plans to invest millions of dollars into a platform that will benefit “unbanked” Filipinos. In the Philippines, less than one third of the adult population … Read more
For Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), there are few things that are more worrisome than medical problems. In addition to worrying about your family, there are medical bills to pay. Fortunately, there’s a new insurance product … Read more
A Filipina who came back home to from the United States of America pleads for help because her luggage was nowhere to be found when she arrived at (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) NAIA. Krishna Dingzon, … Read more
In the absence of the defendants, The court in Kuwait City, Kuwait, already decided on death penalty as punishment to the couple allegedly responsible for the murder of the Filipina domestic helper whose body was … Read more
The Philippine government, through the Overseas Workers Welfare Association (OWWA) has announced last March 20 that they will be providing cash aids to help bridge the finances of overseas contract workers affected by the deployment ban in Kuwait. This was … Read more
An employer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has sent home a Pinay domestic helper after only several weeks because the domestic helper can not speak English. In a report from GMA news online, Joan (not her … Read more
Working abroad and being away from your country makes you sentimental especially if there are stuff that makes you remember home. Much more if you meet someone who can converse with you in your native … Read more
On his way to work, Overseas Filipino Worker Bryan Paule chanced upon a “kababayan” (fellow OFW) on a piece of concrete near some tunnels in Al Jahra, Kuwait. What he saw was a helpless human … Read more