by RUBEN JEFFREY ASUNCION OFW Journalism Consortium MAKATI CITY—THREE candidates gunning for the presidency promised if elected, they will throw cash and strike deals with labor receiving countries in relation to overseas…
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Study cites two regions ‘efficiently use’ OFW money for dev’t
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium MANILA–PHILIPPINE regions with higher growth rates used remittances for development efficiently, a paper by a University of Santo Tomas economist finds. College of Commerce Assistant…
OFW families spending less on food, more on health – ADB study
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium MANILA—MORE families of overseas Filipino workers are spending less on food and more on health, a study by the Asian Development Bank revealed. Using econometric…
Growing Pinoy headcount warms life in Czech Republic
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium PRAGUE (PRAHA), Czech Republic –THEY stepped outside the moss-covered stone-church in cadence with the white flakes falling languorously from a mint blue sky. Most of…
Wife takes migration costs for peanuts
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO and ISAGANI DE LA PAZ OFW Journalism Consortium IBAAN, Batangas — A SCUFFED brown wooden bench in front of a school serves as a throne of the struggles…
Analysis: Peso a turnkey in OFW money flow
by ISAGANI DE LA PAZ OFW Journalism Consortium IT’S a catch-22 of sorts for the Philippines as remittances from Filipinos abroad continue to strengthen the peso, threatening to dampen its flow. The…
Gov’t awardee says few options for OFW families in Maguindanao
PASAY CITY, Metro Manila—MAGUINDANAO province, the site of a mass killing last month, is one of the safest places in the country. That is according to Abdilah Malasigan, whose family was recently…
Pinoys abroad tapped to wake up sleepy town of Bohol
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium MARIBOJOC, Bohol–THE explorer Pigafetta would have chosen this town over Mactan had it already sported a Hollywood-like sign on its mountain ranges. But had this…
Overseas Pinoy help sustain Cebu-Dutch city sisterhood
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium CEBU CITY–MIGRANT Filipinos continue to burn the passion of city sisterhood through a fire truck, which is expected to arrive here after a 15,000-kilometer journey….
Anywhere but Qatar, survey of expats shows
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium MANILA—CANADA or bust, majority of expatriates surveyed in 26 countries revealed. An international bank’s survey of 26 countries showed that Canada is the best place…
Rural bankers try carving niche in OFW market
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium [Reporting from Ibaan municipality, Batangas and Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. Some of the names were changed to protect against probable harm from persons scouring the…
Ex-OFW couple stretches noodle business
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium MINGLANILLA, Cebu province—THIS noodle business is going to the dogs –all 20 of them, in fact. Aside from a hobby, the dogs also serve as…
Rehired land-based OFWs boost worker deployment in last 5 years
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium MANILA—CONTRACTS for overseas work over a five-year period benefited more rehired land-based overseas Filipino workers, government data reveal. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) five-year…
Eight thousand more Filipinos in Italy in 2008
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium MANILA—NEWLY-RELEASED data on Italy’s migrant population by that country’s census registry showed that the number of documented Filipinos grew by 8,011 more in 2008. ISTAT…
US Labor Day compels recall of study on women migration
by RUBEN JEFFREY ASUNCIONwww.ofwjournalism.net QUEZON CITY–A STUDY that concluded female migrate to the United States out of filial ties resonates as the nonprofit ethnic media organization behind the study focused on immigrants…