One of the reasons why foreign employees and companies hire Filipinos is because of our enthusiasm and adaptiveness. Filipinos are known not only as fast workers — we are very efficient too. That is why […]
What’s the best memory that you have with your parents? Is it going out with them? Spending anniversaries, birthdays, graduations, and other special events? Eating out, going on vacation or spending your weekend doing movie […]
Every year, more and more Filipinos are leaving the country to work abroad. Whether it is by choice or they are just forced to do so, there are many underlying reasons why an Overseas Filipino […]
Hearing sad news about our Overseas Filipino Workers, especially those working as domestic helpers, suffering from abuse in the Middle East is devastating and heart wrecking. A lot of our fellow Filipino workers are wishing […]
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The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs announced that a progress is being made regarding their talks with Kuwait. This is in connection with the protection of our Overseas Filipino Workers who are working there. Agreement […]
![A domestic helper in Kuwait is asking to be rescued. [Image Credit: OFW CCTV / Facebook]](https://ofwnewsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/OFW-in-Kuwait-1.jpg)
After the deployment of the employment ban in Kuwait, a lot of Filipinos, including the Overseas Filipino Workers, are thinking that the abuse and maltreatment of OFWs will stop. The implementation of the employment ban […]
Upon hearing and reading news about Overseas Filipino Workers maltreated and abused by their employers in Saudi Arabia, several people are now calling out the government. After the strict imposing of the employment ban in Kuwait, […]
![The autopsy report for Joanna Demafelis is now released. [Image Credit: Elmer Gato / Facebook]](https://ofwnewsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-15-at-5.46.53-AM.jpg)
When the news about the lifeless body of an Overseas Filipino Worker was found in a freezer, it shocked, devastated, and angered a lot of people not only in the Philippines but all over the […]
![There are still two OFWs working as a domestic helper who needs help and rescue. [Image Credit: Dat’z Well / Facebook]](https://ofwnewsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Collage_Fotor_Fotor-1.jpg)
We are now hearing good news of our fellow Overseas Filipino Workers happily going home to their families in the Philippines from Kuwait amid the employment ban issued by the Department of Labor and Employment […]
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After the official confirmation of President Rodrigo Duterte of the deployment ban of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait, he ordered the OFWs in the country to start going back to the Philippines too. The official […]
After the body of the Overseas Filipino Worker working as a domestic helper in Kuwait was found in a freezer, the authorities are now looking for the alleged suspect. The victim is named as Joanna […]
![A domestic helper in Kuwait started to bleed after severe beating from her employer. [Image Credit: Pinoy OFW Pautwasan/Facebook]](https://ofwnewsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ofw_bleeding.jpg)
Working abroad as an Overseas Filipino Worker offers great opportunities, but it also comes with certain risks. Although a lot of OFWs do not encounter serious problems while they are working abroad, we also hear […]
The Administrative Order about the ban on sending Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait shocked not only OFWs and agencies, but also the government of Kuwait. This employment ban will affect not only our economy, but […]
![An OFW in Kuwait revealed that her agency asked her to pay $400 to break the contract. [Image Credit: Kate Camagos Basco/Facebook]](https://ofwnewsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Collage_Fotor-1.jpg)
When we get problems, we often rely on our family members for support. When we don’t know what to do, we seek their help to get emotional assistance, especially if the problem is concerning your […]
![President Duterte asks the OFWs in Kuwait to leave. [Image Credit: AFlaGunBlog]](https://ofwnewsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/maxresdefault.jpg)
Due to the mix reaction of different people regarding President Duterte and the Department of Labor and Employment’s decision and released Administrative Order regarding the ban with sending Filipinos in Kuwait, the president shared his […]
![The remains of the OFW who died in Kuwait is now in the Philippines. [Image Credit: GMA News]](https://ofwnewsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-01-at-10.02.41-AM.jpg)
The Kuwaiti Ambassador to the Philippines, Musaed Saleh Althwaikh, requested to lift the deployment suspension issued by the President and the Department of Labor and Employment. However, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III denied the request […]
Why do a lot of Overseas Filipino Workers take videos? Some of them are shooting videos for their loved ones to see in the Philippines. These videos are proof that they are doing well in […]
Why do our Overseas Filipino Workers work abroad? If you will ask an OFW, most of them will say for greener pasture, to put food on the table, and to send their children and siblings […]
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