Filipino workers

The Province of Alberta has stopped a temporary foreign workers program for now in order to prioritize jobless Albertans. As Marjorie Carmona Newman tells us, this move by the provincial government has left some Filipinos on...

Bree Bangolan, a J-1 visa holder, lost her paid internship program after the hotel that sponsored her in Louisville, Kentucky closed due to the pandemic. Bangolan and other J-1 visa holders have been getting help from...

LAS VEGAS, NV — The coronavirus pandemic has hit Nevada the most among the U.S., particularly when it comes to job loss. More than 200 commercial casinos had to shut down and while they’ve since been...

VANCOUVER — Many Filipino Canadian frontliners in the lower mainland used to work double jobs shuttling from one senior home to another for extra income. But with the COVID-19 outbreak, they’ve been limited to work at...

ATLANTA — Nine overseas Filipino workers have been stuck in Atlanta since May 2, when they left the Cayman Islands for the Philippines due to a lack of work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “In the...

HONOLULU — With the gradual reopening of Hawaii’s economy, some are concerned that people will not want to return to work. The federal government added a $600 weekly bonus to unemployment checks, and some are making just...

by Marjorie Carmona Newman, ABS CBN News Fil-Canadians offer help to those impacted by the Cargill meat processing plant COVID-19 outbreak EDMONTON — This is the town of High River in Alberta, home to more than...

WASHINGTON DC — With social distancing in mind, these Fil-Am activists together with some of the frontline medical workers took to the streets in Washington D.C. to demand for the protection of Filipino migrant workers. “Mga...

LOS ANGELES — The annual May Day rallies which commemorate International Workers Day, is taking a different route this year for its 20th anniversary. “We are essential workers. Immigrants and workers keep this nation functioning. In...

by Paul Garilao, ABS-CBN News FLORIDA — Across the U.S., Filipino J-1 visa holders have not been spared from economic hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While their visas have not yet expired and their contracts...