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Tag: Overseas Filipino Workers

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte holds a wad of peso bills on June 20, 2017. Photo: AFP/Ted Aljibe
Posted inPhilippines

Peso rally isn’t all it seems in the Philippines

by William Pesek December 24, 2020December 28, 2020

The Covid-19 disruptions of 2020 are creating upside-down scenarios few saw coming, including a very counterintuitive rally in the Philippine peso. The Philippine economy is flagging, Manila’s debt load is rising and a new wave of coronavirus infections is dimming 2021 economic prospects. And a bloody war on drugs is turning off longer-term investors. Yet […]

A protester holds a placard during a rally coinciding the Philippines' 120th Independence Day at the Chinese consulate in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, 12 June 2018. Protesters staged protests outside the Chinese consulate and the US embassy on the Philippines' 120th Independence Day to protest China's bullying and militarization in the West Philippine Sea, and the United States' alleged meddling in the country's domestic affairs. According to reports, a recent video allegedly showed China's coast guard boarding a fishing boat and taking their catch. (Photo by Richard James Mendoza/NurPhoto)
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines

Chinese migrants spark a backlash in the Philippines

by Richard Javad Heydarian February 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Female workers from Indonesia and the Philippines gathering on Sunday on the streets of Hong Kong Central near luxury shops. Hong Kong, January 2018. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, World

Female migrant workers deserve respect and support

by Eunice Barbara C Novio December 18, 2018
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Germany, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Korea, World

Filipinos warned about language centers offering jobs abroad

by Asia Times staff November 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Binondo, Manila in the Philippines. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, Lebanon, Middle East, Philippines

Man arrested for alleged rape of his daughter in 2015

by Asia Times staff October 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines

Govt gives aid to families of workers who died overseas

by Asia Times staff October 18, 2018February 18, 2020
Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Philippine govt offers shelter to Filipino workers from UAE

by Asia Times staff August 23, 2018February 18, 2020
Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Philippines, World

Filipina nabbed in UAE after fleeing theft charges at home

by Asia Times staff August 21, 2018February 18, 2020
Twelve Filipino migrant workers were honored by MoneyGram, a financial services company, for their hard work to provide for their families. Photo: Facebook (Diskarteng MoneyGram)
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Taiwan

12 overseas Filipino workers honored for hard work

by Asia Times staff August 3, 2018February 18, 2020
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in Manila. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines, Singapore, United Kingdom, World

Remittances by Filipino workers continue to increase

by Asia Times staff July 18, 2018February 18, 2020
The Philippine peso is currently the worst performing currency in Asia. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines, United Kingdom, World

Weakened PH peso means more remittances but higher inflation

by Asia Times staff June 28, 2018February 18, 2020
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Filipino barred from leaving Saudi over unsettled debt

by Asia Times staff June 19, 2018February 18, 2020
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Philippines' central bank, said that the total remittances of overseas Filipino workers last year was PHP1.51 trillion, or US$28.06 billion. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines, United Kingdom, World

Filipino women send more money home than men: study

by Asia Times staff June 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Sto. Domingo, Ilocos Sur, in the Philippines. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines

Filipino migrant worker shot dead at wedding party

by Asia Times staff June 12, 2018February 18, 2020
Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong. Photo: Asia Times
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Better protection urged for overseas Filipino workers

by Asia Times staff June 7, 2018February 18, 2020
An new health insurance programs aims to provide Filipino migrant workers and their families coverage for emergency care and hospitalisation. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Israel, Middle East, Philippines

Health insurance for Filipino migrant workers launched

by Asia Times staff May 31, 2018February 18, 2020
Johanne Jazmin Tan Jabines won the 38th International Public Speaking Competition in London with her speech 'One Hour at A Time'. Photo: Facebook
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Middle East, Philippines, Thailand, World

Student wins speaking contest in UK lauding overseas workers

by Asia Times staff May 25, 2018February 18, 2020
Scarlet Snow Belo sings for Filipinos working in the Middle East. Photo: Instagram@scarletsnowbelo
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Philippines, World

Three-year-old serenades Filipino workers in the Mideast

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020
Lipa City in Batangas, Philippines. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Filipino worker from Saudi shot dead by wife’s lover

by Asia Times staff May 23, 2018February 18, 2020
President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the total lifting of the ban on Filipinos working in Kuwait. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Presidential Office
Posted inAT Finance, Kuwait, Middle East, Philippines

Duterte scraps partial ban on workers going to Kuwait

by Asia Times staff May 17, 2018February 18, 2020

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