Overseas Filipino News
Monday, 08 April 2013
Telltale Signs: Maid in Hong Kong, Made for Discrimination
Friday, 05 April 2013
Republic Act No. 10364 or The Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012 Published
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10364]
AN ACT EXPANDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
Thursday, 04 April 2013
Teach for the Philippines
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Leah Villanueva, Adam Crayne, Leslie Espinosa and Lesley de Leon |
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Five Fil-Ams have chosen to take part in Teach for the Philippines (TFP) -- a program that trains high achieving Filipinos to teach in struggling public elementary schools in the country.
They are committing the next two years of their lives to teaching, for the betterment of public education in the country.
One is continuing a legacy.
Another one is taking a leap of faith.
The rest are in it to connect with their Filipino roots.
Monday, 01 April 2013
From Sampaloc to Georgetown: An OFW shares her story
MANILA – At 34, Dovelyn Agunias has come full circle, so to speak. As a child, she experienced what it was like to be a daughter of a migrant worker; to grow up with one less parent around; to personally feel what it was like to be a worker overseas; and to finally return home to the Philippines with knowledge and skills at hand.
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Monday, 01 April 2013
Fil-Am groups push for Medicare portability
LOS ANGELES – A group of Filipino-American health advocates continue to push for US Medicare portability, for Fil-Am retirees who want to live in the Philippines and bring their benefits with them.
Members of Fil-Am groups, US Medicare PH and US Pinoys for Good Governance at the 2nd Global Summit of Filipinos in the Diaspora, which was held from February 25-27 in Manila, Philippines. Also in photo are Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez, Jr.(seated, left), Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario (seated, center) and US Ambassador to the Philippines, Harry Thomas, Jr. (seated, right)(Photo courtesy of Eric Lachica/USMedicarePH.org)
In February, US Medicare PH and US Pinoys for Good Governance (USP4GG) visited the Philippines, where they renewed partnerships and alliances with health officials and local accredited hospitals like The Medical City (TMC) and the Makati Medical Center.
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