SARA, Iloilo, Philippines-— About 3,000 sympathizers attended the burial of Joanna Daniela Demafelis Saturday, March 3, 2018. Demafeliz, the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who was found inside a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Al Shaab district of Kuwait on February 9. Her Lebanese employer Nadel Essaf Assaf was arrested on February 22 while Assaf’s […]
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Pinoys celebrate Sinulog in UAE
Dubai, UAE — United Cebuanos in Dubai celebrated their version of Cebu City’s Sinulog Festival in February. Filipinos here held their own version of Sinulog Festival an indoor activity, everyone felt like they were among those who danced in the streets in Cebu City. The annual Sinulog Festival was held last February 16, 2018, […]
Ph food companies join world’s biggest food trade in Dubai
Dubai, UAE — Filipinos here rejoice as 23 companies from the Philippines joined Dubai’s annual international food and hospitality trade fair. Filipino food were among those showcased in the the 23rd edition of Gulf Food Hotel and Equipment Exhibition and Salon Culinaire (Gulfood). The five-day fair was held last February 18 to February 22 at […]
NBI starts probe on Demafelis’ local recruiter
MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Thursday started its probe on the local recruitment agency of Joanna Daniela Demafelis, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was found dead inside a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait early last month. NBI National Capital Region (NCR) Regional Director Cesar Bacani invited two former […]
Dubai authorities urge Filipinos to help combat human trafficking
Dubai, UAE – The Dubai Police has conducted its first ever human trafficking awareness forum at the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai and the Northern Emirates on Monday, February 26. The forum conducted by 1st Lt. Rashid Nasser Ali of the General Department of Human Rights at the Dubai Police, is part of the […]
Fire at sea kills one Filipino seafarer
Dubai, UAE – A Filipino seafarer died while two of his companions, one Filipino, one Indian national, were injured when a fire broke off inside a tugboat near the Fujairah eastern seaboard of the United Arab Emirates, Friday, February 23, 2018. The tugboat was approximately 70 nautical miles away from the Straits of Hormuz. […]
Newsline.Ph traces missing Kuwait OFW, She’s on her way home now
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Maricel Agustin, the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who was reported missing since 2014 is now safe and on her way home. The Newsline.Ph reported her case to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello II Monday night February 26. This morning, February 27, 2018, Bello notified this news agency that Agustin was already located […]
Husband asks President Duterte to find his missing wife in Kuwait
TACURONG CITY, Philippines — An emotional husband is asking President Rodrigo Duterte to help him find his missing wife in Kuwait. Rogelio Padilla, 48, farmer, from Barangay Kalanawe, President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat, is asking the help of Duterte to find his wife in Kuwait as they lost contact since 2014. Padilla revealed his wife Maricel […]
NBI to investigate Demafelis’ recruiter
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the local recruitment agency of Joanna Daniela Demafelis, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was found dead inside a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait earlier this month. Aguirre issued Department Order (DO) No.102 dated […]
Employer of murdered OFW Joanna Demafelis arrested
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano confirmed reports, that the Lebanese employer of murdered Overseas Filipino Worker Joanna Demafelis, has been arrested. Authorities in Kuwait arrested Nader Essam Assaf, the employer of Demafeliz, who stands as principal suspect behind the brutal killing of the 29-year-old OFW from Iloilo City. However, Assaf’s […]
Duterte visits wake of slain OFW in Iloilo, extends assistance
Iloilo City, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, February 22, personally condoled with the family of Joanna Demafelis, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was killed in Kuwait. President Duterte visited the wake of Demafelis in Barangay Feraris here where he extended financial and burial assistance to the family of the slain OFW. Demafelis […]
POEA cancels license of 10 recruitment agencies
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has ordered the cancellation of the licenses of 10 Philippine Recruitment Agencies (PRAs) while it suspended the license of another one after they have been found liable for recruitment violations. According to POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia, the order against these PRAs was pursuant to the directive of […]
Envoy to launch live video streaming ‘to engage’ more OFWs
DUBAI, UAE — The Philippine Consular Office in Dubai is set to launch a video streaming to engage with Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in their area of responsibility. Philippine Consul General to Dubai and Northern Emirates, Philippine Consul General Paul Raymund Cortes, recently announced he will soon set up an FB Live video streaming for […]