KIDAPAWAN CITY — Four persons were confirmed dead, thousands are now sleeping outside their homes while hundreds of structures were damaged during the 6.5 magnitude earthquake which hit the province of North Cotabato, in Southern Mindanao at 9:11 a.m Thursday, October 31. The earthquake was tectonic and its epicenter was 27 km east of Tulunan. […]
Bato, Go lead senatorial race in UAE, party-list ACT-CIS win by landslide
DUBAI, UAE (May 16) – Only eight of the 11 Senatorial bets of President Rodrigo Duterte, made it to “Magic 12” in the recently concluded Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) midterm elections in the UAE. The month-long OAV which started on April 13 at the Philippine missions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, closed simultaneously with Philippine […]
Dubai NGO helping abused female foreign workers
DUBAI, UAE — A Dubai-based foundation has become the shelter for abused foreign women workers in the Emirates. In its annual report, the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWAC) has revealed, in 2018, they facilitated the distressed and abused women including those coming from the Philippines, who are either victims of violence and human […]
TESDA to grant scholarships to distressed Filipinos in Dubai
Dubai, UAE – Women’s month became more meaningful to the 254 female wards sheltering at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Dubai, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has promised to give them scholarships on the courses they wish to take once they are back in the Philippines. The visit of Secretary Isidro […]
Pope Francis visits UAE, OFWs attend the Holy Mass
Dubai, UAE – Thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers attend the historic mass officiated by His Holiness Pope Francis, at Zayed Sports City Stadium in the capital Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, February 5. The historic mass was attended by an estimated 180,000 Catholic faithfuls including the OFWs who were given the rare privilege to attend a […]
Filipina dies after falling from a building in UAE
Dubai, UAE – The Philippine Consulate General in Dubai and Northern Emirates has confirmed that M.R., a 22-year-old OFW residing in Ajman, fell from the third floor of a building on November 23. She was declared dead on arrival at the Sheikh Khalifa Hospital. Consul General Paul Raymund Cortes said he has reported the incident […]
Filipina OFW wins P14 million in Dubai promo
Dubai, UAE – Filipina domestic helper Gina Realuyo Soriano, can’t believe her life will change when her name was drawn as the one-time-big-time winner of remittance center Al Ansari Exchange’s Summer Promotion for 2018. The lucky Filipina who was also named as the first female millionaire by Al Ansari Exchange, took home Dh1 million (Php14m) […]