Official Philippine Holidays for 2026 As the year begins, many Filipinos are now planning their work schedules, leave days, family gatherings, and travel. Having a clear and reliable list of official Philippine holidays for 2026 makes planning easier and more practical. Below is the complete holiday list for 2026 based on Proclamation No. 1006, which […]
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CCP Arthouse Cinema celebrates Filipino workers with Free Film Screenings
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Arthouse Cinema is celebrating Filipino workers in the month of May.
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4,000 BPO jobs for Filipinos hiring at Alorica by July
Four thousand Business process outsourcing (BPO) jobs for Filipinos are being filled at Alorica Philippines by end of July 2020.
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Mental Health now part of medical support for Filipino workers
Mental health was made officially part of medical support given to Filipino workers with the passing of a labor order that implements the National Mental Health Act.
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Honest Airport cleaner returns bag with more than 400k to Turkish passenger
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) airport cleaner Sixto O. Brillante, Jr. exemplified the honesty of Filipino workers when he returned a passenger’s lost bag containing cash valued at PhP 430,000. The Manila Allied Management Service Cooperative airport cleaner of NAIA, ranked in the Top 45 Best Airports for Business Traveler, was cleaning the male toilet […]
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Shadow puppet play “Sigaw” depicts the plight of Filipino workers in the U.S.
A new shadow puppet play, “Sigaw (Scream, Shout, Cry),” is shedding light on the plight of Filipino workers in the United States. Bindlestiff, a Filipino-American performing arts group based in California, is currently staging the 45-minute shadow puppet play about the life of a young girl named Marissa who used to live in the Philippines […]
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New York Times features Xyza Cruz Bacani photos of Filipinos in Hong Kong
The New York Times has published an article featuring the pictures of Xyza Cruz Bacani with text written by Mary Hui. This is the Filipino street and documentary photographer’s first time to work with the news organization after she gained international recognition following a 2015 feature by the same paper. Bacani’s photographs on The New […]
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Overseas labor office hails Bank of the Philippine Islands finance education for Filipino workers
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has received recognition from the Philippines Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Hong Kong for its workers financial education program. POLO awarded BPI with a plaque for its initiatives to teach financial literacy to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with the aim to help families stay together. The Department of […]
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Filipino workers welfare advocate Teresita Villasenor’s art showcased in LA City Hall Women’s History Month exhibit
Filipino welfare advocate Teresita “Terry” Villasenor’s artwork is being showcased in the LA City Hall Women’s History Month exhibit launched on International Women’s Day on March 8 as part of the government’s gender equity mission. Villasenor’s “Purplex” – a story of courage, resilience and victory over domestic violence and human trafficking, depicted through acrylic on […]
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Kami Naman a heart-tugging tribute to OFWs
The Philippine Statistics Authority’s 2017 survey on overseas Filipinos revealed that about 2.3 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are spread out across the world from the period of April to Sept. 2017.
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