Archive for OFW

Scrap hike in e-passport fee—OFW group

An umbrella organization of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) groups based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has asked President Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay to “right a wrong” committed by the Arroyo administration by scrapping the increase in the electronic or e-passport processing fee.

OFWs in US bases in Iraq may stay

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) deployed in US military facilities in Iraq may continue working there until their contracts expire, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on its website Thursday.

Filipina’s death leads to jailing of OFW welfare officer in Saudi

Bashir Ayob has assisted an undisclosed number of troubled overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia in the past four years.

Filipino beauticians in Kuwait seek help

A group of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East on Sunday called on the Philippine embassy and the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (Polo) in Kuwait to help 50 distressed OFWs working in a beauty salon in the emirate.

OFWs purveyors of new technology

Apart from sending billions of dollars home, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have turned into modern wizards, showing family members and friends the ways of modern technology, according to a study commissioned by money transfer company Western Union.