Tag: Migrant workers

Filipinos were "prized" targets for scam networks operating in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia

The Kuwaiti government has expressed its sympathies and signified its interest to pursue justice for the Filipino worker

Drawn by the prospect of making more money than they could ever hope to at home, migrants make up nearly 90 percent of Qatar's population

The Philippines earlier this month resumed the deployment of domestic workers to Saudi Arabia following a year-long ban

“That is a very inspiring news, a great help and immense relief to our [overseas Filipino workers],” said Bishop Ruperto Santos

Deployment will resume on November 7, a decision that comes after talks between the Philippines and Saudi Arabia

Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo made a request for "executive clemency" for Veloso in a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart

Veloso is currently detained in Indonesia and is facing the death penalty after she was arrested in 2010 for drug trafficking

Veloso was convicted of drug trafficking in Jakarta in 2010 but she claimed that she was a victim of human trafficking

Effective August 10, the monthly pay for migrant workers in Taiwan is at NT$20,000 (US$665.70) from the previous NT$17,000 (US$565.90)