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Category Archives: International News

KSA ADVISORY – Check if your Passport has been Surrendered by Your Employer

May 13, 2013   Patnubay Online   No comments

Philippine Embassy in Riyadh

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Press Release
No. PR-084- 2013
12 May 2013


ADVISORY – Check if your Passport has been Surrendered by Your Employer to Saudi Authorities and Turned-Over

to the Embassy or the Consulate


 

(RIYADH, 12 May 2013) – Filipino workers who absconded from their employer and whose employer had surrendered their passport to the Jawazat office may check with the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh and the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah if their passport has already been turned-over to these two offices.

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PhilEmbRy:Correct Residency and Labor Status; NOC not required

May 12, 2013   Patnubay Online   No comments

Philippine Embassy in Riyadh
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Press Release

No. PR-083- 2013
12 May 2013


CORRECT RESIDENCY AND LABOR STATUS, OR LEAVE THE COUNTRY;

“NO-OBJECTION CERTIFICATES” NOT REQUIRED

 

(RIYADH, 12 May 2013) – The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh urges all Filipino workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to correct their status in view of the generous exemptions and facilitation granted and announced by the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Labor wherein workers can easily correct their residency and labor status, or otherwise leave the country, even without first obtaining No Objection Certificates from their current employers.

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KSA: Philippine Ambassador Thanks The Custodian for the Exemptions and Facilities for Expatriates to Rectify Status

May 10, 2013   Patnubay Online   No comments

Saudi Press Agency

Philippine Ambassador Thanks The Custodian for the Exemptions and Facilities for Expatriates to Rectify Status
Source: philembassy-riyadh.org

Philippine Ambassador Ezzedin H. Tago welcomed the guidelines, exemptions and facilities announced jointly by the Ministries of Interior and Labor on 10 May and posted on the Saudi Press Agency www.spa.gov.sa in Arabic, which were approved by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, that provide for exemptions for expatriates to rectify their labor and residency status.

“On behalf of the Filipinos in the Kingdom, we thank the King and the Saudi authorities for the guidelines, and we vow to work closely with the community and the Saudi authorities to help our nationals rectify their labor and residency status within the grace period granted by the King,” said Ambassador Ezzedin Tago.

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Kuwait: Philippine Embassy & POLO create composite legal team

May 10, 2013   Patnubay Kuwait   No comments

Philippine Embassy & POLO create composite legal team
By: Michelle Fe Santiago
As posted in Arab Times

KUWAIT CITY, May 7: The Philippine Embassy together with the Philippine Overseas Labour Office (POLO) in Kuwait have formed a Composite Legal Team composed of embassy and POLO officials and case officers that will tackle OFW cases in a comprehensive and unified approach to ensure that all avenues are explored to attain the just resolution of cases of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), disclosed Philippine Charge d’ Affaires Atty Raul H. Dado to the Arab Times on Tuesday.

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Kuwait: Court Acquits Filipina Of ‘Attempted Murder’

May 09, 2013   Patnubay Kuwait   No comments

Court Acquits Filipina Of ‘Attempted Murder’
By: Michelle Fe Santiago
Arabtimesonline.com

KUWAIT CITY, May 6: The Kuwait Court of First Instance acquitted a Filipina Household Service Worker (HSW) who was charged with attempted murder by her Kuwaiti lady employer and has been released from the Kuwait Central Jail, disclosed Mar Hassan, the Assistance to Nationals Unit Officer at the Philippine Embassy on Monday to the Arab Times.

Maria Amor Corbilla, 34, married, a native of Pulangi, Albay in the Bicol region in the Philippines was turned over to the Philippine Embassy last weekend and is now staying temporarily at the Filipino Workers Resource Centre in Faiha while waiting for her repatriation to the Philippines.

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USA: International Women’s Day: A loud protest against violence

May 04, 2013   Dionesio C. Grava   No comments

Marching on, their voices heard

International Women’s Day: A loud protest against violence
Text and photos by Dionesio C. Grava
First published in The Filipino Advocate

They were conspicuous in their absence, they who were a hit during last September’s Women’s Equality Day rally in the heart of entertainment city, Hollywood. Filipina speakers like Jollene Levid, chair of the Association of Filipinas, Feminists Fighting Imperialism, Re-feudalization and Marginalization (AF3IRM); Cheryl Zarate of Kabataang Makabayan and Angela Bartolome, Stand with Grace Campaign.

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POEA cancels license of overcharging recruitment agency

May 02, 2013   Patnubay Manila   No comments

POEA cancels license of overcharging recruitment agency
News Release from poea.gov.ph
2 May 2013

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration recently cancelled the license of Lifeline International Philippines, Inc. for collecting excessive placement fee from an applicant for a job in Taiwan.

Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac said the applicant complained that Lifeline International asked him to pay PhP120,000 as placement fee. He was able to pay PhP50,000 but was not issued a receipt.

Cacdac said the amount required by the agency or the money actually paid by the applicant was way bigger than the prevailing wage of PhP27,000.00 in Taiwan. POEA rules limit the payment of placement fee to an amount equivalent to one month salary of the worker.

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Lumang Kaban 2010: Papano ang Pagpauwi sa mga nasa Tent sa Jeddah?

May 01, 2013   Patnubay Manila   No comments

First Posted in Patnubay.com on
01/23/2010

Team,  Sino ang makapagpaliwanag kung papano mapauwi itong mga ofws na nagkampo sa labas ng Jeddah Consulate?

Sa mga katulong na takas na walang anak, sa SSWA lang yan so madali yan makauwi.. dahil ang gagawin ng  SSWA ay ma-inform lang nila ang employer and if hindi makita within 45 days ay uwi na ang katulong na nasa kanila. Ang problema kung ang SSWA sa Jeddah ay katulad ba sa SSWA sa ibang lugar. Aware kasi ang Saudi Government na ang karamihan sa mga takas dyan sa Jeddah ay galing sa iba’t-ibang lugar ng Saudi Arabia.

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Doha: Filipino expat wins MashreqMillionaire

January 30, 2013   Patnubay-Doha   No comments

Mescallado with the cheque of QR1mn at the presentation ceremony.

Filipino expat wins MashreqMillionaire
Source: gulf-times.com

Mashreq Qatar, a leading financial institution in the region, has announced Doha-based healthcare specialist Herminia V Mescallado as the latest winner of QR1mn prize money in its popular savings programme, MashreqMillionaire. Mashreq Qatar head retail banking Niranjan Mendonca handed over the cheque at the bank’s Gold Centre at a ceremony attended by Herminia’s family.

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Kuwait: MoH Prepares For Influx Of Workers

January 27, 2013   Patnubay Kuwait   No comments

By Michelle Fe Santiago
As Posted in  Arab Times

THE Kuwait Ministry of Health (MoH) is performing a system-wide restructuring of public health care delivery services as well as raising the standards of public health care in its various government hospitals to be at par with other global medical institutions.

In line with the country’s move of upgrading the public health care systems, some of the public hospitals are undergoing renovation and expansion. Some new hospitals are being constructed, the biggest of which is the Sheikh Jaber Medical City in South Surra named in honour of the late Amir HH Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah. The Sheikh Jaber Medical City will be the largest medical centre in the State of Kuwait which will include four buildings with a total area of 469,370 square metres.

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Kuwait Pinoys celebrate ‘Sinulog’ Festival

January 23, 2013   Patnubay Kuwait   No comments

Photos by Jeff De Castro

Kuwait Pinoys celebrate ‘Sinulog’ Festival
By Michelle Fe Santiago
First Posted in Arab Times 

The mood was all festive. Everyone was dazzling and dressed for the momentous occasion. “Sinulog Siyagit ug Kusog! Pit Senyor, Pit Senyor,” the crowd chanted as Filipino Catholics trooped to the Holy Family Cathedral to celebrate the ‘Sinulog’ Festival.

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Patnubay Leaks: Our Frustration on OUMWA’s unfair response to OFW Ernesto “Jhigz” Nuguid’s request

January 02, 2013   Tasio Espiritu   No comments

Image Source: facebook.com/OFWsCorner

From: Joseph Henry B. Espiritu
Date: 2013/1/2
Subject: Resending: For Patnubay Leaks: Our Frustration OUMWA’s unfair response to OFW Ernesto “Jhigz” Nuguid request

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USA: Filipinos everywhere celebrate Calungsod canonization

December 24, 2012   Dionesio C. Grava   No comments

by Dionesio C. Grava
First posted in www.pinoywatchdog.com

I recall a Sunday afternoon performance by young thespians from Davao City at the regally cavernous Hall of Liberty set at the elevated end of beautiful Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills. It was about the Catholic church’s Padre Diego (Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores) and his young assistant Pedro Calungsod spreading the gospel to the Chamorros in 1672 in the Marianas. Their proselytizing greatly enraged a local headman, which led to their persecution and ultimately death.

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USA: Filipino teachers vindicated with class suit verdict – FEFL

December 20, 2012   Patnubay Online   No comments

Filipino Educators Federation of Louisiana (FEFL)
PRESS RELEASE
December 19, 2012

Filipino teachers vindicated with class suit verdict

The Filipino Educators Federation of Louisiana (FEFL) are elated on the result of Monday’s decision on the federal class action suit filed more than two years ago against recruitment agency Universal Placement International (UPI) and its owner Lourdes “Lulu” Navarro. “This victory is a product of the continued vigilance and unrelenting efforts of teachers who converted their victimization into a struggle for justice,” declared Ingrid Cruz, the FEFL founding president.

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USA: Rep. Erin Tanada: PHL better-off now on human rights

December 18, 2012   Dionesio C. Grava   No comments

Words and photos by Dionesio C. Grava
First posted in  www.pinoywatchdog.com

pinoywatchdog-memorial-and-forum

Under different circumstances she may have preferred to be somewhere else. However, being the face of the administration in this part, Consul General Hellen Barber-De La Vega had to respond in defense of what admittedly is not among her country’s shining moments — the human rights issue — and at the same time be wary of the sensitivities of her hosts. After all it was a commemoration of a heinous episode of our country’s history where many officials in the government had bloodied hands.

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USA: Charitable Groups Mobilize, Appeal for Donations for “Pablo” Typhoon Victims

December 17, 2012   Dionesio C. Grava   No comments

By Dionesio C. Grava, Deputy Managing Editor
First Posted in  www.pinoywatchdog.com

Philippine Ambassador to Washington, D.C. Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. said that individuals and organizations in the US who would like to assist in the relief assistance can send their cash donations to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (www.ndrrmc.gov.ph); the Department of Social Welfare and Development (www.dswd.gov.ph); and the Philippine National Red Cross (www.redcross.org.ph).

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