Changes in UK Remittance Will Affect Thousands of Filipinos

There is a news blackout on the changes that will be happening with the UK Remittance Industry in July 2013. However, the following will give you an idea of what will happen.

The Philippine is the fourth highest remittance recipient globally in 2010 with U$21.3 billion received according to figures released by the World Bank. . . . → read more

Dinakdakan Recipe

recipe-dinakdakan

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo pig ears, or pig snoout, or pig skin (variety meats) 1/2 kilo pork (cubed) salt pepper garlic 2 onions, finely chopped 1/4 cup calamansi juice mayonnaise or pig brain, boiled then mashed (optional, traditional)

Preparation:

Boil the cubed pork in water with salt until tender it is. Remove from . . . → read more

Binay meets with German officials about Philippine nurse deployment

Vice President Jejomar Binay recently met with prominent German officials to “sustain the momentum” of Philippine-German labor cooperation, which includes the deployment of Filipino healthcare professionals to Germany, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

The DFA said that as part of his week-long working visit to Germany, Binay met with the country’s . . . → read more

Philippines, Germany to fast track deployment of nurses

MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay on Tuesday met with Germany’s Labor Minister Dr. Ursula von der Leyen at the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in Berlin.

Both parties agreed to sustain the momentum of Philippine-German labor cooperation following the signing of the agreement to deploy Filipino healthcare professionals to Germany last . . . → read more

Pag-IBIG fund inaugurates service desk in Oman

Filipinos in Oman may now benefit from a service desk of the Pag-IBIG Fund service desk there last Independence Day, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

Pag-IBIG Fund president and CEO lawyer Darlene Marie Berberabe led a delegation to Oman for the opening of the service desk, the DFA said in a news release. . . . → read more

Palace urges victims of ‘sex-for-fly’ scheme to come forward

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang is urging victims or those with information to come forward and file a complaint against officials of Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Kuwait who are allegedly involved in sexual abuse of Filipina overseas workers.

Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the Department of Foreign Affairs has asked the Philippine . . . → read more

Labor chief orders probe into ‘sex for fly’ scheme in Middle East

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Tuesday ordered an investigation into claims that alleged ‘sex for fly’ activities in Kuwait where distressed female migrant workers are lured to give sexual favors to embassy and labor officials at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) there to facilitate their immediate repatriation.

Baldoz , who is in Geneva for . . . → read more

Aquino awaiting feedback from UN before deciding on Pinoy peacekeepers’ fate

el and Syria. . . . → read more

Pennsylvania mulling Filipino-American Cultural Day in July

PHOENIXVILLE — With a gathering for a Filipino-American group slated for the last weekend of July, Mayor Leo Scoda took a request to proclaim July 27 Filipino-American Cultural Day in the borough.

Spanning both July 27 and 28, the International Mataw-Guro Association Gathering is scheduled to take place in the borough and will be hosted . . . → read more

Philippine government vows to act against alleged sexual predators of distressed OFWs in Middle East

The Philippine government will look into accusations that officials from the country’s embassy and labor offices are sexually abusing female overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East in exchange for repatriation.

Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has already directed heads of concerned embassies to act on . . . → read more