Simple tips in preventing diabetes

Department of Health - Health Promotion Branch Dietitian: Yeung Wing Ka

Are people of all ages fit for organ donation?

Every day, more than 2,000 patients suffering from end-stage organ failure in Hong Kong are waiting for organ transplants (Table 1).  While many of us would like to support organ donation by registering our wish to donate organs after death, some may hesitate because of their own age or health status.  In fact, supporting organ donation is an ac...

Filipina worker now healing after infection on her surgery

After weeks of horrifying experience of pain, Ferlita, 28, could finally say she is now a bit physically fine and just need rest for complete healing after her surgery. Her pain started last Aug. 19, while working at her employer, she felt a sharp pain in the lower part of her abdomen. She immediately informed her employer about it but her emplo...

Door to door boxes is FDWs blood and sweat

A timid girl from the province, Prila S. - a 30-year old domestic worker is usually all ears when approached but now anxious because after four months of waiting, the box from her blood and sweat is nowhere to be located. Prila is one of the many domestic workers who reported against CargoFlex, a "door-to-door" shop located at the 2nd level of ...

FAQ: Gabay sa nakatakdang pagpapapasok sa HK ng FDWs galing sa ‘high-risk’ na lugar

Bilang serbisyo sa publiko, kinalap ng Hong Kong News ang mga kadalasang tanong ukol sa nakatakdang pagtatanggal ng ban sa mga byaheng pampasahero sa Pilipinas pati ang naging tugon ng pamahalaan ng Hong Kong sa mga ito.

Tatanggalin na ba ang ban sa Pilipinas?

Noong Ago. 3, bi...

Pinay FDW who lived under flyover for over 2 months goes home

A Filipina domestic worker who lived under a flyover in Tsuen Wan for more than two months was finally able to fly back home to the Philippines on Wednesday.

Mel Santiago left Hong Kong on Wednesday morning after a support group, Social Justice for Migrant Workers, was able to give her HK$1,000 and a ticket. She is...

BOOK REVIEW: Diaspora Journey: Stories of Philippine Migration to Hong Kong

This article was contributed by Former Philippine Labor Attaché in Hong Kong, Jalilo dela Torre.

Pinay DH leader among 2021 ‘Bagong Bayani’ awardees

A Filipina community organiser and household service worker in Hong Kong is among the awardees of a foundation in search of the Philippines’ most exemplary migrant workers.

Rodelia Pedro Villar, an Antique native, was given the 2021 Bagong Bayani Award for Community and Social Service at the Bagong Bayani Awards o...

Mga dapat malaman tungkol sa mga Covid-19 vaccine dito sa Hong Kong

Nagsimula ang malawakang Covid-19 vaccination programme ng Hong Kong government noong Peb. 26 at nasa 145,800 na ang nabakunahan dito sa siyudad.

Ngunit lumala ang pangamba ng mga tao matapos magtala ng apat na pagkamatay ilang araw lang ang nakalipas nang unang mabakunahan.

Bagaman sinabi na ng ...

‘If there was no COVID-19, I would go home’: the plight of pregnant domestic workers stuck in HK

In a nondescript Hong Kong flat, Alexandria*, 26, is nursing her newborn. The infant’s cheeks are plump and the face kind, as if she isn’t perturbed by the number of people in their temporary shelter.

In the living room, two other Filipinas are listening to a teleconference on a Macbook. The speaker is teaching ...