Filipinos Abroad

No US visa lottery for Pinoys

GMA News Online / Pinoy Abroad — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:11 +0000

Philippine-born citizens are not eligible to apply for the visa lottery program — the Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery — that would give selected applicants the chance to immigrate to the United States.

In a news release over the weekend, the US Embassy in Manila said only persons from countries with low immigration rates to . . . → read more

Philippine sailors set record in 2011 remittances

abs-cbnNEWS.com — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:19:20 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino sailors aboard foreign merchant ships sent home via bank wire a record $4.34 billion in remittances in 2011, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) announced in a statement Sunday.

According to the TUCP, the sailors' remittances rose 14% from the $3.806 billion remitted in 2010.

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Pinay businesswoman found dead in Paris

GMA News Online / Pinoy Abroad — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:21:32 +0000

A Filipino businesswoman was found dead inside her office in Paris, France, a report on GMA News' "24 Oras" said Saturday night.

The body of Ellen Ortega-Apilado, 47, owner of a travel agency, was found with multiple stab wounds, including on her neck, the report said, quoting initial police investigation.

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OFW’s remains arrive in Philippines

abs-cbnNEWS.com — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:39:38 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The remains of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Emirata Relata Romero, who was reported missing last February 5, have arrived in the Philippines from Saipan.

Romero's remains arrived at the NAIA Terminal 1 on Delta Ari Flight DL 173 around 10:30 Saturday evening. Her husband and relatives were there to claim her . . . → read more

GMA News’ Kara David connects with Pinoys in Japan, a year after deadly quake

GMA News Online / Pinoy Abroad — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:00:13 +0000

Nearly a year after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that claimed almost 15,000 lives in Japan, GMA News TV host Kara David went there to document how Filipino migrants are coping with the tragedy.

David, a presenter and writer of GMA Network's long-running documentary show "I-Witness," told GMA News Online on Friday . . . → read more

OFW guide: The required ‘Pre-departure Orientation Seminar’

GMA News Online / Pinoy Abroad — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:00:40 +0000

Traveling outside the country as an overseas Filipino worker (OFW)? The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration will require you to take a pre-departure orientation seminar (PDOS). PDOS serves as a ‘primer’ for Filipinos set to work in a foreign country, Welfare Officer Eric Paruñgao of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), told GMA News . . . → read more

‘Maharlika Filipino Moderno’ named among best new restaurants in US

GMA News Online / Pinoy Abroad — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:50:14 +0000

A United States-based entertainment guide, the Metromix New York, has named a Filipino restaurant, the Maharlika Filipino Moderno in New York City, as one of the best new restaurants in the US for 2012.

According to Metromix, "Maharlika has been a smashing success since they debuted in the East Village in January, booking all . . . → read more

Pinoys in Italy rush to fill up census forms

abs-cbnNEWS.com — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:35:27 +0000

ITALY – Filipinos are now in a rush to submit their applications for the Population and Housing Census to avoid being fined by the Italian government.

Many Filipinos trooped to the Hawak Kamay Foundation Office in Rome to ask for assistance in filling up the application. “Ito po ay isang mahalagang bagay na dapat . . . → read more

Challenges at sea

By Lino P. Jintula — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:30:49 +0000

Editors Note: The story is from the book “Migrants’ Stories, Migrants’ Voices 3" published by the Philippine Migrants Rights Watch (PMRW) with the support from CEI (Conferenza Episcopale Italiana) or the Italian Bishops' Conference. The book contains a collection of 12 stories of the realities of migration as faced by Filipinos abroad and their family . . . → read more

NY church may shut down due to money woes

By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:47:26 +0000

NEW YORK – The Roman Catholic Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz in lower Manhattan was named by Cardinal Archbishop Edward Egan of the New York Archdiocese as the "Church Of Filipinos" in 2005.

It's the third church dedicated to Filipinos outside of the Philippines. It is home to a group of Filipino devotees of . . . → read more