Indonesia spares Filipino
The Indonesia’s attorney general announced that Mary Jane Veloso was spared after a woman who allegedly recruited her to act as a drug courier gave herself up to police in the Philippines on Tuesday. The…
April 2015
POEA Memorandum Circular 09-2014 – Placement Fee Policy for New Zealand
POEA Memorandum Circular 09-2014 ‘Placement Fee Policy for New Zealand’ prohibits recruitment agencies from charging and collecting any recruitment and placement fees from workers recruited for New Zealand jobs. OFWs have complained about being charged…
Working Holiday for Young Filipinos in New Zealand
Every February, 100 young Filipinos will be allowed annually to stay in New Zealand for up to 12 months. This year, the quota was already full. Further places will become available in February 2016. To…
Philippines Hosts APEC 2015
The Philippines hosted APEC meetings for the first time in 1996. The most high-profile event, the APEC Leaders’ Meeting, was held in Subic Bay, Zambales in November of that year. After almost two decades, in…
Filipino Among 10 Others in Death Row In Indonesia
Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino OFW and 30-year-old mother of two sons, who is among 10 other drug smugglers in death row after being convicted of drug trafficking was moved to an island prison in…
PAL and Cebu Pacific to Fly to New Zealand
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines Inc. (PAL) is looking at flying to Auckland, the largest and most populous urban area inNew Zealand as part of efforts to further expand its international presence. Rival airline Cebu Air…