Hong Kong deports Indonesian worker who reported on protests

Award-winning writer Yuli Riswatiis held for 28 days after failing to extend her visa and is put on a flight to Surabaya on Monday afternoon

Hong Kong domestic helpers get free swimming lessons

British Simon Holliday sets up 'Splash Foundation,' which offers free swimming lessons for domestic helpers in Hong Kong, including OFWs

Singapore ads offering Indonesian maids for sale ignites anger

Singapore labor ministry vows to investigate the e-commerce site which posted the objectionable online ads

#ThewRap: Things you need to know, May 1, 2018

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Leave Kuwait? Domestic helpers willing, but not the skilled workers

'Bago niya pauwiin, tingnan muna niya ang unemployed sa Pilipinas. Sa Boracay nga, andami nang walang trabaho. Bigyan niya muna ng trabaho ang mga nasa Pilipinas,' says a professional who has worked in Kuwait for 35 years

[OPINION] Challenges in deploying Filipino household service workers to China

China is indeed likely to open its doors to Filipino household service workers, but there will be challenges and restrictions

Philippine officials meet OFWs in Kuwait amid labor row

The Department of Labor and Employment says the deployment ban will not be lifted until safety guarantees are secured

Philippine officials to visit Kuwait amid worker row

A team led by Labor Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunzad III will also visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar to ensure that Filipino workers 'have sufficient protection'

Are relatives worse employers to Filipino domestic helpers?

Domestic helpers in the country continue to face abuse despite the implementation of Batas Kasambahay or the Domestic Workers Act of 2013

Household helper graduates cum laude

Lucille Guiquin shares her inspiring story–from being a household helper to finishing as cum laude at the STI College in Cubao with the support of the family she works for

56 years a slave

We have yet to see the reactions and opinions of actual katulong kasambahay back home It’s important to ask who is part of this discussion and who is not

We are all Tizons

Slavery is wrong but how do we really treat the Lolas in our lives?

OFWs: 'Sunday Beauty Queen' an eye-opener for families

Overseas Filipino workers laud the documentary film which won Best Picture in the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival but struggled to remain in theaters

Saudi women seek to decrease domestic helpers’ salaries – report

There are 40 000 Filipina domestic helpers in Saudi Arabia A group wants to slash by half their government mandated rate of SR2 000 P26 000 to SR1 000 P13 000 reports the Saudi Gazette

Hong Kong maids march against window-cleaning after deaths

Hundreds of helpers call on the government to ban employers from asking maids to clean the outside of windows

Kuwento ng dalawang au pair sa Europa

As au pairs Christy and Jhoy wanted to improve their lives What they found instead was heartbreak maltreatment and a future in limbo

Kuwait sets minimum wage for maids in first for Gulf

Aside from a new minimum wage of 200 a month domestic workers will also have a weekly day off and 30 days of annual paid leave among others

Overstaying Pinay in HK pleads guilty to dumping aborted baby

Maribel David awaits sentencing by a Hong Kong district court on July 13

Overstaying Pinay, lover hid kids in Hong Kong for 19 years

The undocumented children say they have never gone to school because they do not have birth certificates and have been taught at home by their parents

'Emotions preventing OFWs from financial success'

A financial expert says many overseas Filipino workers send most of their earnings to their families – and fail to save for themselves – because they feel emotions such as guilt and shame

Husband seeks help for ‘abused’, jailed OFW in Saudi Arabia

Aside from the physical abuses the victim also complains of not being regularly paid her wages

Mamasapano widow, 20, to work as domestic helper in Oman

While politicians and various government and non governmental organizations granted the families of the dead SAF troopers cash and scholarships the widows in Mamasapano have barely enough to survive

HK raises minimum pay, food allowance for domestic helpers

The new levels of the minimum allowable wage and food allowance will apply to all foreign domestic helper contracts signed on or after October 1

Domesticating public space: Pinoys in Hong Kong Central

It’s a sort of spatial network that forms a pop up little Philippines in the heart of Hong Kong a Filipino community that exists only on Sundays

Paid paternity leave for male domestic workers in HK

A male employee with a child born on or after February 27 2015 is entitled to 3 days paid paternity leave

Filipina maid commits suicide after being accused of theft

According to Eman Villanueva vice chairman of the Filipino Migrant Workers Union this case goes back to to the mandatory live in policy in Hong Kong

4th HK recruitment agency fined for overcharging

At least 3 of the agencies are linked by migrant support organizations to numerous complaints of overcharging foreign domestic workers

Domestic helpers who cry ‘rape’ face tough times in HK

It is a sad story that is repeated each time a foreign domestic worker steps forward to file a case against her employer

Domestic work is work

Why do many people still not get this?

Singaporean faces charges for beating Filipino helper

Muegue recalls that on October 29 2012 she was punched slapped and slammed against the wall for eating fish that was not meant for her

OFW groups to HK politician: 'Apologize or we'll sue'

Hong Kong executive councilor Regina Ip Lau Suk yee says that during her time as immigration chief she received complaints that the government was allowing Filipino domestic helpers to seduce their husbands

What the 'yaya meal' really says about us

When was the last time your maids and yayas sat with you at the table? Have you ever invited your maid to share lunch with you instead of asking her for more water as you eat?

[Clinical Notes] More on the 'Hots for our helper' dilemma

In this new column clinical psychologist Dr Margarita Holmes delves deeper into the dilemma of the man who has hots for his helper

#AnimatED: Yaya meal: Far from the egalitarian dream

Yaya meal is symptomatic of the unsettling divide between the haves and have nots

UAE rejects HRW report on abuse of foreign maids

The report drew hasty conclusions based on unrepresentative cases a UAE official says

Filipino victims of abuse in UAE back in PH to help OFWs

They vow to warn would be OFWs of the dangers of not fighting for one s rights

Philippines fails to implement pro-OFW law – watchdog

OFWs who have been abused in the UAE slam the Philippine government for slow progress of labor cases and laxity in monitoring proper implementation of labor contracts

Migrant domestic workers in UAE treated like 'animals'

The UAE should reform its kafala system so domestic workers can change employers without their consent and without losing valid immigration status says Human Rights Watch

#PugadBaboy: Tsimay

#PugadBaboy: Tsimay punchline 3

#PugadBaboy: Tsimay punchline 2

India outsources chores as servant culture shifts

While India s urban middle class is growing and looking for affordable help new avenues are opening for poorer workers who earlier were more likely to settle as full time often poorly paid servants

Singapore downplays report on Filipino 'budget' maids

The Philippines however suspends the accreditation of one of the two Singaporean companies allegedly offering Filipino maids like commodities

Philippines to probe 'budget' maids in Singapore

Singaporean agencies reportedly treat Filipino domestic workers like commodities offered at super promo rates in malls

Indigents drawn into pork case can't afford bail

Unknown to them a domestic helper in the Middle East and a housewife are named incorporators of NGOs associated with Napoles They should have been excluded from the charge sheet but aren t

Netizens outraged over 'racist' ad depicting Filipina maid in HK

Migrant rights advocates are demanding an apology from HK based Hong Leong Insurance for its most recent advertisement

#PugadBaboy: What it feels to be stereotyped punchline 2

#PugadBaboy: What it feels to be stereotyped

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Gov't urged: Develop foreign labor markets for nurses

Every year the country sends an average of 12 000 nurses abroad