A 28-year-old returning overseas Filipino worker admitted this lunchtime (March 19) that she stole more than $5,000 from a fellow domestic worker. Jenny Anne G.N., 28, pleaded guilty to one count of theft at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts after she made several withdrawals and stole $5,830 from the bank account of Lilian B.C., who a...
Two MTR trains collided near the Central station before dawn this morning, injuring at least one driver, local media reported. An train bound for Central and another that was bound for Tsuen Wan collided during a test of the new signalling system at around 3 am. Pictures of the incident showed the two trains were serverely damaged but there w...
A migrant rights group scored a proposed rule requiring land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to temporarily pay for their employer’s Social Security System (SSS) contributions until their host country signs a labor deal with the Philippines. Migrante scored a provision in the draft IRR (Implementing Rules and Regulations) of the Social ...
Migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Hong Kong contribute nearly $100 billion to the city's economy, according to a research study released on Wednesday (March 6).
Hong Kong-based charity Enrich and leading global information services company Experian jointly presented 'The Value of Care: Key Contri...
The Hong Kong government is looking at establishing a training program for foreign domestic workers so that they would be able to work in the city’s subsidised elderly care homes, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) reported. It said the government was looking into the plan to ease the pressure on elderly care homes which faces chronic...
FILIPINO domestic workers who do not get enough food from their employers can have them included in the watchlist of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO), according to Labor Attache Jalilo Dela Torre. Dela Torre said that the POLO received complaints almost “daily” against employers who do not give enough food for their helper. He sai...
OVERSEAS Filipino workers (OFWs) will now be covered by the Social Security System (SSS) after President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the Social Security Act of 2018. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed on February 15 that the President had signed the new law, which makes SSS coverage mandatory for land-based and sea-based OFWs. ...
In landmark decision, the Labour Tribunal yesterday (February 19) allowed a former domestic helper---who is now a factory worker in Laguna---to testify via video link from the Philippines. Labour Tribunal Presiding Officer Timon Shum also allowed a union officer to represent in court claimant Joenalyn D. Mallorca, who is suing her former employe...
A 35-year-old Filipino domestic worker died in Tai Po yesterday (February 18) after she was hospitalized for lupus, consulate officials said. One official, who asked not to be identified, said Maristel P. Pepito, who was from Baybay, Leyte, died at the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Tai Po. “Her husband and sibling were supposed t...
THE Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) handled more cases of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Hong Kong getting sick than welfare cases involving employers violating their contract obligations last year. The OWWA data for the whole year of 2018 showed that 213 OFWs sought assistance due to health and medical problems com...
