International broadcast journalist Frederico “Rico” Hizon is returning to Philippine television after 25 years overseas delivering the news for global news corporations, BBC News and CNBC.
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Southville Philippines to open 1st Filipino Higher Education Institution in UAE
Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) will be the first Filipino school to open up a fully licensed higher education institution in the United Arab Emirates UAE) in a move that the school says intends to keep Filipino families together.
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1000 Filipino workers will soon join Israel’s tourism industry workforce
One thousand overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are being prioritized by the Israeli government for jobs in their tourism industry by the end of 2019. Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz said in his column on the Philippine Daily Inquirer September 17 edition that the initial number of 1,000 Filipino workers will be filling up […]
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Dubai police honors Filipina cafe manager for returning bag with cash & checks
Filipina Starbucks Cafe manager Mae Anne Olmidillo was honored by the Dubai Police after returning a bag that contained valuables including Dh195,000 in cash. Olmidillo, an overseas Filipino worker with two children, together with a colleague found the bag in Starbucks in Reel Cinemas at the Dubai Mall. They reported the found bag to their […]
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KathDen’s Hello, Love, Goodbye soars to Top 2 highest-grossing Filipino films
The Kathryn Bernardo-Alden Richards movie, “Hello, Love, Goodbye,” has soared to the Top 2 spot of the highest-grossing films in Philippine box office history within weeks of its release. The debut movie of the local film industry’s newest tandem, dubbed KathDen, was released on July 31, 2019 and has since raked in gross sales of […]
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Abu Dhabi-based Filipino triathlete raises Palawan mission funds in back-to-back Germany and France races
Abu Dhabi-based Filipino missionary triathlete Romeo Puncia biked, swam, and ran in back-to-back tough triathlon races in Germany and France to raise funds for tribal missions in Palawan, Philippines. Romeo Puncia, a Race with a Purpose Advocate, competed in the Ironman European Championship in Frankfurt, Germany on June 30. Just a week later, the Filipino […]
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OFW single mother beats odds to graduate Cum Laude
Former Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Michele Sison has beaten the odds stacked against her fulfilling the dream to be a teacher. This school year, she finished school as a Cum Laude graduate and was even honored with her school’s highest institutional award. In her younger years, Sison could not pursue her childhood dream and instead […]
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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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BPI Foundation and Atikha tie up for OFW financial education and reintegration
BPI Foundation, the social innovation arm of Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Atikha Overseas Workers and Communities Initiative Inc. for the BPI Sulong program, a financial education and reintegration program for Filipino domestic workers and their families back in the Philippines. Atikha, a non-government organization that […]
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25 OFWs to be honored with national recognition as model Filipinos
The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) has recommended 25 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to be honored with the Presidential Awards for serving as role models for the country.
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Black Kettle’s Clifford Peralta comes home to brew artisanal tea for Filipino tea lovers
When overseas Filipino worker Clifford Peralta came back to the Philippines after building a career in the hospitality industries of the United Arab Emirates and the United States, the balikbayan wanted to make his dream of starting a business come true.
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BPI pushes for better financial management of OFW remittances
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is urging overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families to get financial management education to allow them to better manage remittances.
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