SINCE it opened its borders to leisure tourists and eased its travel requirements in October 2022, Japan has been enjoying increasing arrivals from the Philippines. In 2022, there were 126,900 Filipinos who visited Japan. Specifically in the fourth quarter, Japan logged 14,775 Filipino arrivals in October; 21,700 in November and a whooping 40,000 in December. […]
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8 Filipino trafficking victims rescued from Myanmar
EIGHT FILIPINOS have returned to the Philippines after being rescued from a trafficking scheme in Myanmar, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday. Among the eight, four males were recruited online from Dubai to supposedly work as customer support representatives in Thailand. Instead, they were brought to Myanmar and forced to scam individuals […]
Several Filipinos in Turkey still unaccounted for in earthquake’s aftermath
THE PHILIPPINE Embassy in Ankara on Thursday said it is still receiving reports of affected Filipinos, with some out of reach, after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey on Feb. 6. “The embassy continuously receives a steady stream of confirmed and unconfirmed reports of Filipinos experiencing varying degrees of distress,” it said. “These included […]
Employment numbers don’t reflect job-market dropouts — think tank
By John Victor D. Ordoñez, Reporter THE decline in the 2022 jobless rate masks the number of workers who have stopped seeking formal employment, IBON Foundation said. “Reported unemployment doesn’t count jobless Filipinos who may have dropped out of the labor force after a long time of seeking but not finding work,” the think tank’s Executive […]
Filipinos trafficked as crypto scammers in Cambodia
FILIPINOS have been victimized into becoming online scammers by an alleged Chinese group operating in Cambodia, a senator reported on Wednesday. “Filipinos are becoming the main target of human trafficking syndicates,” Senator Ana Theresia “Risa” N. Hontiveros-Baraquel said in a statement. “After we helped some Filipinos in Myanmar who were abused and forced to work […]
Four out of five Filipinos are interested in entrepreneurship – OCTA Research
Eighty-one percent (81%) of adult Filipinos would prefer to go into business – granting they had enough know-how to do so, according to the results of a survey conducted in October 2022 by OCTA Research, a private polling, research, and consultation firm, Results of the national survey was released January, 2023 by the office […]
Editorial: Avoiding financial disaster
Filipinos have started to live with Covid-19 even though the pandemic declaration has yet to be officially lifted by the World Health Organization. The last-minute shopping in the recent Christmas Eve had the pre-pandemic atmosphere because of long queues at checkout counters, except that most shoppers still wore face masks even though wearing a mask […]
More than 7,000 Filipinos repatriated this year
THE DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through its Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs, repatriated over 7,000 overseas Filipinos this year, according to a statement released by the Office of the Press Secretary on Monday. Of the 7,880 repatriated Filipinos as of end-November, more than half or 58% were from the Middle East, […]
Editorial: Seeking ‘Kabataang Pinoy’
“Are you dense?” Among young people, “dense” translates into a failure to comprehend (“ride on”) a conversation or to be sensitive to nuances in a relationship or situation. According to the 2021 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study (YAFS5) preliminary findings presented during the Oct. 14 YAFS5 National Dissemination Forum held at a hotel in […]
Marcos vows to boost quality of jobs as Filipinos seek more work
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Wednesday vowed to boost the quality of jobs in the Philippines, after underemployment continued to worsen in September at 15.4%. The president vowed to improve job quality “to address underemployment while bolstering job opportunities in the country,” the presidential palace said in a statement. “Ever since we started with […]
Senator considers amending age limit for PHL dual citizenship
A SENATOR is considering an amendment of the age limit for Philippine dual citizenship, saying it deprives many Filipinos living abroad and will increase the number of overseas voters. Senator Maria Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos is proposing that the age provision and deadline for application be lifted. She said “the limit under the law that […]
Unemployment rate drops to 5%; 2.5M jobless Filipinos in September
THE unemployment rate in the country has significantly declined to five percent in September this year from 8.9 percent in the same period last year. This translates to 2.5 million jobless Filipinos in September, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Employment rate, on the other hand, was estimated at 95 percent […]
Filipinos flock to cemeteries for Nov. 1 tradition
CEMETERIES across the Philippines were abuzz on Tuesday as Filipinos were again allowed to observe the Nov. 1 tradition of bringing flowers, lighting candles and even sharing a meal with family at the burial site of departed loved ones. Anjonalyn Arago was one of the millions of workers in the capital region Metro Manila who […]
Study: More Filipinos build up savings due to possible recession
FILIPINOS continue to grow their savings in anticipation of a recession and possibly in response to the rising prices of goods and services, a study from global information and insights firm TransUnion showed. According to the Third Quarter TransUnion’s Consumer Pulse Survey Study, more than half or 54 percent of Filipinos said they have also […]
POGO industry claims 23,000 jobs at stake if offshore gaming banned
THE closure of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) will lead to the loss of over 23,000 jobs held by Filipinos, the POGO association said. The Association of Service Providers and POGOs (ASPAP) and their workers appealed to the government yesterday to weigh the economic contributions of the online gambling industry. “We thus appeal to our […]
Overseas Filipinos’ cash remittances (July 2022)
CASH REMITTANCES jumped to the highest in seven months in July, as overseas Filipino workers (OFW) likely took advantage of the weaker peso to send their families more money amid elevated inflation. Read the full story.
PHL waives Singapore employer bond, guarantee requirements
THE PHILIPPINES has waived the performance bond and bank guarantee requirements for Singapore employers seeking to hire Filipino workers, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Wednesday. In a statement late Wednesday, Migrant Workers Secretary Susan V. Ople said she informed her counterpart, Singapore Manpower Minister Tan See Leng, of the waiver at a […]
Fake job text scams likely to persist as joblessness worsens
By Arjay L. Balinbin, Senior Reporter FILIPINOS can expect more phishing attacks as unemployment in the country continues to worsen, experts said. Cybercriminals use text messages to trick mobile phone users into visiting malicious websites to obtain their personal information, including banking information, credit cards, and addresses. “The phishing machinery relies on urgency or something […]
70M Filipinos fully vaccinated against the coronavirus
MORE than 70 million Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, the government’s vaccine czar said at the weekend. The number is about 78% of the target population, vaccine czar Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. said in a statement, citing the latest government data. The Philippines started its vaccination program in March last year. Mr. […]
Editorial: Reexamining Edsa
Seethe. Do not forget. Let Edsa be more than a “page from history.”Last February 25, Indonesian teacher Reny waited online for 30 minutes before concluding that the Filipinos studying Bahasa with her was not turning up. After Reny messaged, her students replied that Feb. 25 was a public holiday in the Philippines, a “long weekend.”Reny […]