By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Eighty nine overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), along with other Asian workers staged a work stoppage to protest the unfair labor practices of their employer, Al Swayeh Company in Saudi Arabia. The OFWs sought the help of the Philippine embassy in Saudi Arabia in repatriating them to the…
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Heroes of Filipino migrant workers honored
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Then pastor of the United Methodist Church English Speaking (MCES) in Wanchai, Hong Kong, Bishop Solito Toquero witnessed the many hardships overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) faced in Hong Kong. “There was one domestic helper who suffered a nervous breakdown. We brought her to the psychiatric ward of the…
Filipino Group in Trouble with Saudi Police for Helping Distressed OFWs
In the afternoon of Aug. 14, the Saudi police raided the safehouse of the migrant NGO Kapatiran sa Gitnang Silangan and arrested and detained 18 Filipinos, including several runaway OFWs. Their crime? They violated a Saudi law that forbids unrelated men and women from living together.