OFWs

NEW YORK — Damayan Migrant Workers organization together with the Pilipino Workers Center of Los Angeles teamed up for “Building Baklas” — a national campaign to break free from modern-day slavery or human trafficking. At this...

TORONTO —  “We just want to work here…we just want to help our family back home!” This Filipina temporary foreign worker represents the plight of many who are reportedly exploited by unscrupulous employers. These low-skilled workers...

In “Hello, Love, Goodbye,” kapamilya star Kathryn Bernardo plays Joy, an overseas Filipino worker in Hong Kong, who like many Filipinos abroad, is focused on her responsibilities to provide for her family in the Philippines. Bernardo...

NEW YORK — New hope for trafficking survivor Noel Adia, as his case was reinstated after it was mistakenly dismissed due to an acronym wrongly read by a judge. After paying a placement fee of $3,500...

MILPITAS, CA — Dr. Gonzalo Duque, a commissioner of the Philippines’ Social Security system, or SSS, is in the U.S. opening a branch at the Philippine Consulate in New York. Now, he wants more overseas Filipinos...

Canada recently announced positive changes to its Caregiver Program, but some kababayans say, it still is not good enough for one of the country’s most in-demand jobs. Canada’s immigration minister recently met with some members of...

Philippine labor officials were in Los Angeles last week to meet with the Filipino community and to give updates on labor-related issues. Among the issues discussed during a town-hall at the Philippine consulate was the work...

The U.S. has imposed a year-long ban on temporary work visas for Filipinos beginning late last week. The DHS removed the Philippines from the list of countries eligible for temporary visas, citing “overstaying and human trafficking...

Filipino overseas workers will no longer be issued H-2A and H-2B temporary visas to work in the U.S. — at least for a year – according to the Department of Homeland Security. Consul General Claro Cristobal says...

VANCOUVER, CA — Caregiver organizations across Canada have crafted a new federal caregiver program that will give landed status to caregivers and their families as soon as they arrive in Canada. To protect caregivers already working here under...