Driving of the wrong side of the road
A family is lucky to be alive after driving for at least 3km on the wrong side of a normally busy road south of Auckland – while a witness frantically tried to get them to…
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Simon Bridges – A New Zealand Filipino
Simon Bridges demonstrated his singing skills over the weekend at a National Party Filipino event in Tauranga, covering Elvis Presley’s Love Me Tender. “I don’t think I’m giving up day job,” the National Party leader…
31 Dead and 65 Missing in Philippine Footwear Factory
At least 31 people have died 65 were reported missing and feared dead after a fire gutted a footwear factory in the Philippine capital Manila, officials say. About 200 to 300 people worked in the…
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…
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…
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…
Miss Philippines Won Miss World 2013 Pageant
The 2013 Miss World pageant has been won by Miss Philippines, Megan Young, on the Indonesian island of Bali. US-born Ms Young, 23, beat 126 other contestants and pledged to be “the best Miss World…
Unemployment Causes Philippine Stocks to Slump
The National Statistics Office (NSO) said that unemployment increased to 7.5 percent in the three months through April, the highest since the quarter ended June 2010. Despite the government reported on May 30 that gross…
Scholarships to Pinoys Seeking Post-Grad Studies
THE New Zealand government is allocating 18 scholarship slots to Filipinos who wish to obtain post-graduate degrees in their universities for SY 2014. Bato Balani Foundation Inc. (BBFI) is a non-government organization and is the…
Philippines – Among the Top 10 Destinations in 2013
Condé Nast Traveller’s (CNT) included the Philippines among the top 10 destinations to watch in 2013. Condé Nast Traveller is a leading luxury travel magazine published by London-based Condé Nast Publications Ltd. The magazine’s January…
PH up 10 notches in ‘economic freedom’ list
The government’s anti-corruption efforts helped push the Philippines’ global ranking in terms of economic freedom by 10 notches to 97th among 177 countries and territories. This was according to the editors of the 2013 Index…
Working Holiday Scheme for Filipinos
During PNoy’s recent visit to New Zealand, he signed an agreement with the New Zealand government to allow Filipinos to study and work at the same time in New Zealand for a period of three…
Filipinos are Singled Out Again
In the “Why the Filipinos? article, the Filipinos were singled out by a politician. In this article about New Zealand farms sourcing workers from the Middle East, a comment singled out Filipinos again. Why Filipinos?…