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By   Bombo Jovino Galang  - December 8, 2019 | 6:36 AM 66 DFA central office Mahigit 1,000 mga Filipino at karamihan ay mga babae ang nagtungo sa Philippine Embassy sa Beirut, Lebanon para makakuha ng libreng mass repatriation na nakatakda sa Pebrero 2020. Ayon sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na sa pamamagitan ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas ay tinugunan nila ang kahilingan ng maraming manggagawang Pinoy Lebanon. Karamihan sa mga dito ay mga kababaihan na nag-overstaying habang ang iba ay nawalan na ng trabaho. Paglilinaw ng DFA na pag-aaralang munang mabuti ng Lebanese immigration office ang mga application form.

By   Bombo Radyo Vigan  - December 17, 2019 | 2:51 AM VIGAN CITY – Hindi maipaliwanag ng humigit-kumulang na walong libong Pilipino ang kanilang saya sa pagdalo sa Simbang Gabi na pinangunahan mismo ni Pope Francis sa St. Peter’s Basilica sa Vatican City. Sa report ni Bombo International Correspondent Michael Patron na taga- Bantay, Ilocos Sur at kasalukuyang nagtatrabaho sa Rome, Italy at isa sa mga mapalad na nakadalo sa nasabing misa na ramdam umano nila ang mensahe ng pasasalamat ng Santo Papa sa lahat ng mga katoliko sa Italy na isinasabuhay pa rin ang simbang gabi kahit malayo sila sa kanilang sariling bansa. Bukod sa misa, mayroon pang mga singers mula sa iba’t ibang Filipino community sa Italy na nagtanghal para sa mga dumalo sa nasabing espesyal na misa. Dahil umano rito, hindi umano naramdaman ng mga Pinoy sa Italy na malayo sila sa kani-kanilang pamilya.

Kyodo News Posted at  Dec 16 2019 10:54 PM Share Save Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam meets Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on December 16, 2019.  Hong Kong Information Services Department/Handout via Reuters Chinese leaders on Monday reiterated China's support for Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam and her administration and praised her handling of the territory during trying times. At a meeting mostly closed to media coverage, President Xi Jinping said Lam, who was on a yearly duty visit to Beijing, has been dutiful, putting in a lot of hard work as the former British colony endures its harshest time since returning to Chinese rule in 1997, according to local media reports. "This year has been the gravest and most complicated one since Hong Kong's return to the motherland, facing all sorts of difficulties and pressure," Xi said. "Chief Executive Lam has managed to hold firm to the 'one country,...

Jackie de Vega, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau Posted at  Dec 16 2019 10:53 PM  | Updated as of  Dec 17 2019 12:52 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Previous Next Dinaluhan ng mga Pilipino ang Simbang Gabi na pinangunahan ni Pope Francis.  Jackie de Vega, ABS-CBN News Dinaluhan ng mga Pilipino ang Simbang Gabi na pinangunahan ni Pope Francis.  Jackie de Vega, ABS-CBN News Dinaluhan ng mga Pilipino ang Simbang Gabi na pinangunahan ni Pope Francis.  Jackie de Vega, ABS-CBN News Dinaluhan ng mga Pilipino ang Simbang Gabi na pinangunahan ni Pope Francis.  Jackie de Vega, ABS-CBN News Dinaluhan ng mga Pilipino ang Simbang Gabi na pinangunahan ni Pope Francis.  Jackie de Vega, ABS-CBN News Dinaluhan ng mga Pilipino ang Simbang Gabi na pinangunahan ni Pope Francis.  Jackie de Vega, ABS-CBN News Dinaluhan ng mga Pilipino ang Simbang Gabi na pinangunahan ni Pope Francis....

Published  December 14, 2019 4:25pm NEW YORK - Prosecutors in New York have charged a former Moroccan ambassador to the United Nations and others with visa fraud, accusing them of bringing workers to the United States using fake employment contracts and then exploiting them. Abdeslam Jaidi, his ex-wife Maria Luisa Estrella and her brother Ramon Singson brought in more than 10 workers from the Philippines and Morocco since about 2006, according to the indictment filed in federal court in New York. The visa applications said the workers would be employed as administrative or technical staff at the consulate or Moroccan UN mission, and some included fake employment contracts, it said. Instead, the workers were used as personal drivers, domestic helpers, and farmhands, the indictment said. They were paid low wages - sometimes less than $500 a month - and worked long hours without time off. Some had to hand over their passports, it also said. "This cas...

Published  December 13, 2019 10:54pm ATHENS — Pirates have released three crew taken hostage from a Greek oil tanker off the coast of the West African country of Togo in November, the vessel's manager said on Friday. A fourth hostage, a Filipino, died from illness during captivity, European Products Carriers Ltd added. It did not give details of the release. The tanker, Elka Aristotle, was attacked on Nov. 4 about 18 km (11 miles) from the port of Lome. The pirates fled after kidnapping two Filipinos, one Greek and one Georgian. The released men were safe and were "being debriefed by the local authorities prior to returning home to the Philippines, Greece and Georgia respectively", the company said. A full investigation had been launched into the death of the Filipino. "It is understood that his demise was not as a result of any actions by those holding the crew hostage but due to illness," European Products Carriers said in a...

Published  December 10, 2019 7:54pm Philippine Ambassador to Spain Phillippe Lhuillier will be launching a mobile application that will serve as a “pocket embassy” for Filipinos living in and visiting Spain before the year ends. According to a Tuesday report on Balitanghali by Connie Sison, eFILIPINAS will be the first application of its kind in Philippine foreign service. “This is like a pocket embassy. Narito 'yung importante… nandito lahat, all the rules, assistance to nationals, ATM, ano dapat mong gagawin, anong kailangan mo, find it right here,” Lhuillier explained. Some of the features of the application are consular services, submission of documents, contact and emergency information of the Philippine embassy and Spanish government, and even an OFW corner where Filipinos can directly speak to officials of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. Other services that will be added in the future are a g...

Published  December 7, 2019 4:01am BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hundreds of Filipinos, most of them female domestic workers, flocked to their embassy in Lebanon Thursday to sign up for free repatriation from the crisis-hit country. The embassy issued a statement linking its offer of a free ticket home to Lebanon's free-falling economy. "More than 1,000 Filipinos, mostly women with some children in tow, arrived in droves to the Philippine embassy in Beirut to register for free mass repatriation scheduled in February next year," a statement said. A estimated quarter of a million domestic workers live in Lebanon, in conditions that have repeatedly been condemned by their countries of origin and rights group. A sponsorship system known as "kafala" leaves maids, nannies and carers outside the remit of Lebanon's labor law, and at the mercy of their employers. Cases of abuses are reported regularly, with workers often unable to obtain their r...

By   Bombo Jovino Galang  - November 27, 2019 | 2:41 AM 71   Share   Facebook   Twitter   Pinterest   Linkedin Ilulunsad na ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang mobile application para sa mga overseas Filipino workers. Ang nasabing app ay para magkaroon ng madaling access ang mga OFW sa labor departments at sa mga Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO) sa iba’t-ibang bansa. Ayon kay DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III, na isa ito sa makabagong paraan para mabilis na makapagsumbong ang mga OFW na dumaranas ng pananakit. Ilan sa mga feature nito ay ang ‘Wage calculator’ kung saan malalaman ng mga OFW kung magkano ang dapat nilang sahurin. Pormal na ilulunsad ang nasabing app sa susunod na buwan kasabay ng ika-86 anibersaryo ng DOLE.

NAGA CITY – Nagdiwang din ngayon ang Filipino community sa Hong Kong dahil sa naging resulta ng District election. Sa report ni Bombo International Correspondent Ricky Sadiosa, sinabi nitong masaya aniya ang mga overseas Filipino workers (OFW) dahil umaasa din ang mga ito na tuluyan nang mawawakasan ang halos anim na buwang protesta sa nasabing lugar. Ayon kay Sadiosa, may mga Pinoy na ring kasamang bomoto sa nakalipas na election. Sa ngayon, wala naman aniyang naiulat na Pilipinong na ospital dahil sa kagulugan sa nasabing lugar maliban na lamang sa mga nadamay sa tear gas sa lugar.

By   Bombo Bam Orpilla  - November 28, 2019 | 7:52 AM Patuloy ang pakikipag-ugnayan ng Philippine Embassy sa Rome sa Philippine Honorary Consulate kaugnay sa pagtama ng malakas na lindol sa Albania kamakailan. Sa isang pahayag, sinabi ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na walang Pinoy na nasaktan o nasawi sa nasabing pagyanig. Sa kanila nito, inaalam pa rin ng embahada sa Roma ang sitwasyon ng mga Pinoy sa nasabing bansa makaraang bumulabog ang magnitude 6.4 na lindol doon noong Martes. Umabot na sa 30 ang bilang ng mga namatay habang higit 600 ang nasaktan sa naturang lindol.

By Bombo Radyo Baguio -November 22, 2019 | 2:30 AM65 BAGUIO CITY – Inirereklamo ng isang distressed na OFW ang umano’y mabagal na aksyon ng Overseas Worker Welfare Administration (OWWA)-Cordillera. Ayon kay Nelson Arais, isa sa mga distressed OFW na nagtrabaho sa Dubai, napaka-bagal ng OWWA-Cordillera sa pamimigay ng tulong. Aniya, hindi tinupad ng ahensiya ang pangakong financial assistance para sa mga distressed na OFWs. Isinalaysay pa niya na maraming beses na itong nagpabalik-balik sa OWWA mula pa noong Hulyo para iproseso ang mga kinakailangang dokumento ngunit hanggang ngayon ay wala itong natatanggap na tulong mula sa ahensiya. Sinabi niyang nangako ang OWWA na matatanggap niya ang pinansiyal na tulong pagkatapos ng isang buwan ngunit hanggang ngayo ay wala siyang nakuhang benepisyo. Idinagdag ni Arais na nakatanggap na ng pinansiyal na tulong ang mga kapwa niya distressed OFWs na nagaplika sa ibang rehiyon.

December 03, 2019   By Celso C. Lidot   People's Tonight OPERATIVES of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Regional Field Unit 4A arrested in Rosario,  Batangas a notorious investment scam suspect victimizing overseas Filipino workers. Elpidio Tanaliga Jr., owner of the  ALMASAI Finance & Investment Corporation, was arrested by the CIDG men led by Maj Russel Dennis Reburiano in an operation in Bgy. Mavalor in Rosario town. The operatives were armed with seven warrants of arrest for estafa. The arrest stemmed from a complaint filed by Patrick Norman Algenio, who invested 10M to Tanaliga’s company. Algenio was promised a five percent monthly interest from Tanaliga’s investment business. Tanaliga’s victims were mostly OFWs working in Saudi Arabia. The suspect was able to swindle an estimated P500 million of investments from the victims. With Jojo Magsombol

November 10, 2019   By Cristina Lee-Pisco   People's Journal THE Philippine Embassy in Germany recently met with officials of a newly-established German agency hiring international healthcare professionals to ensure the welfare of Filipino nurses going Berlin. Philippine Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega, with Labor Attaché Delmer Cruz, met with the officials of the German Agency for International Healthcare Professionals (DeFa) at the DeFa Headquarters in Saarbrücken to discuss the hiring process of Filipino health workers. The meeting was attended by DeFa Executive Director Thorsten Kiefer, DeFa Head of Recognition and Visa Services Christoph Klos, and Anna Kaufmann of the German Federal Ministry of Health-Migration Policy and Integration Services Division. They discussed the role of the new German agency in ensuring that the process for hiring international healthcare professionals, including Filipinos, would be transparent, ...

November 16, 2019   By Cristina Lee-Pisco   People's Journal THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said the present situation in Hong Kong does not warrant an evacuation as Filipinos in the region remain safe and are largely unaffected by the ongoing protests. The statement was issued to refute articles circulating on social media that were only meant to create confusion. “The DFA wishes to assure everyone that (contrary to some false reports circulating in social media) Filipinos in Hong Kong remain safe and are largely unaffected by the ongoing protests in the area,” the DFA said. “Hence, the DFA sees no need to evacuate them at this time,” the DFA stressed. “ The Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong is closely monitoring the situation and is taking every step to ensure the continued safety and well-being of our nationals there,” the DFA added. Those wishing to follow the developments in Hong Kong of Filipinos there are...