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“Rest Room” design for foreign domestic workers causes furor among netizens

“Rest Room” design for foreign domestic workers causes furor among netizens Would you dare to sleep or rest inside?  A photo posted on Chinese social media, Xiaohongshu, sparked heated discussions about a “restroom” for foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong.

E-travel required pa rin sa mga lalabas, papasok ng Pinas

Maynila - Binigyang-diin ng Bureau of Immigration (BI) na batay sa pinakahuling entry at exit guidelines na required pa ring magrehistro sa e-travel ang mga pinoy na bibiyahe pauwi at palabas ng bansa. Yan ay kahit na inalis na noong Hulyo 21 na sa state of public health emergency ang Pilipinas dahil sa COVID-19. Sa inilabas na advisory noong...

AMCB renews call for living wage; oppose discriminatory policies in HK

Asian Migrants Coordinating Body (AMCB) has renewed its call for living wage of HK$6,106 or migrant domestic workers (MDWs) and food allowance of HK$3,065 even as it opposed the so-called discriminatory policies in Hongkong. They made the demand as they attended the dialogue with the Labour Department yesterday (August 9). In reiterating thei...

Bilang ng mga unemployed na Pinoy tumaas ng 4.5 %

Maynila - Mas maraming manggagawa ang unemployed at underemployed noong Hunyo kumpara noong Mayo, ayon sa ulat ng Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) noong Miyerkules.

Ang unemployment rate ay umakyat sa 4.5 porsyento noong Hunyo mula sa 4.3 percent noong nakaraang buwan, s...

BI intercepts African-bound trafficking victims at NAIA

PASAY, Philippines—The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said it had intercepted three victims of trafficking last August 5. In its report, the Immigration Protection and Border Enforcement Section (I-PROBES) members said that the three male victims, all in their early 40s and late 30s, initially claimed to be tourists bound for Hong Kong on board a ...

PH climbs 4 spots in 2023 Passport Ranking

Manila - The Philippines has climbed four spots in the 2023 Henley Passport Index, a global ranking that measures the travel freedom of citizens from different countries. According to the index, the Philippines is now ranked 74th, up from 78th in 2022. This improvement could be attributed to the country's growing economy, according to Henley &a...

4 oras na brownout, mararanasan sa NAIA-3 sa Agosto 8, 9

Maynila - Makararanas ng apat na oras na power supply interruption ang Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 dahil sa isasagawang maintenance activity. Mararanasan ang scheduled power outage mula alas-7 hanggang alas-11 ng umaga ngayong araw. Apektado nito ang south concourse ng airport at roadway2 substations ayon sa NAIA mana...

Big-time oil price hike asahan ngayong linggo

Maynila - Isa na namang yugto ng bigtime all price hike ang mararanasan ng mga motorista ngayong linggo. Ito na ang ika-limang sunod na linggong tumaas ang diesel at kerosene habang ika-apat na sunod naman sa gasolina. Sa tantsa ng mga industry sources, batay sa kalakalan ng langis sa nakalipas na apat na araw, sinabi ni Oil Industry Manageme...

8 arrested during anti-illegal worker operations 

The Immigration Department (ImmD) mounted a series of territory-wide anti-illegal worker operations codenamed "Greenlane" and "Twilight", and a joint operation with the Hong Kong Police Force codenamed "Windsand", for four consecutive days from July 31 to August 3, leading to the arrest of eight suspects.