Category: OFW Corner

by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANOwww.ofwjournalism.net HANOI, VIETNAM–TRUE to their band’s name, four Filipinos here are carving Melia Hanoi hotel’s watering hole for fellow OFWs craving for a taste of home. They call themselves…

by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANOwww.ofwjournalism.net MANDALUYONG CITY–A BID to stomp out illegal recruitment in La Union province within a year got off on a slow start, with the nonprofit group leading this ambitious…

by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANOwww.ofwjournalism.net MANILA–IT would take nearly a thousand kilometers, millions of pesos, and a year for peace to be sown in Lanao del Norte. That is the hope of Unlad…

by LUIS CARLO S. LIBERATOwww.ofwjournalism.net MANILA–DISTANCE not only makes the heart grow fonder; it has also kept most children of women overseas Filipino workers from dropping out of school. Thus cites economist…

by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANOwww.ofwjournalism.net MANILA (OFW Journalism Consortium)–DIRTY money passing through or flowing into the country as monitored by the Philippine anti-money laundering unit hasn’t involved overseas Filipino workers, yet, its executive…

by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANOwww.ofwjournalism.net MANILA (OFW Journalism Consortium)–A RECENT report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showed that while the Philippines has a low brain drain rate, Filipinos who reached…

by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANOwww.ofwjournalism.net MAKATI CITY (OFW Journalism Consortium)–EXTREME reliance on money from Filipinos overseas hasn’t helped the country get out of the poverty rut and may even hobble the poor’s income…

The Philippine’s most awarded Real Estate Company is embarking on a period of aggressive local and international expansion with the launch of our project, CENTURY CITY IN MAKATI with The Jerde Partnerships,…

Nakaraang araw napanood ko yung Evan Almighty sa DVD. Si Evan ay isang newscaster na tumakbo bilang kongresista sa US at ang kanyang plataporma ay “Change the World”. Dahil dito naihalal siya…

by NIMFA BERNAL www.ofwjournalism.net MANILA (OFW Journalism Consortium)—AS the country’s incidence of overseas Filipino workers with HIV is said to “be hidden but growing,” advocates are now focusing on those in the…

by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO www.ofwjournalism.net LOS BANOS, LAGUNA (OFW Journalism Consortium)–A TWO-STOREY town hall here is a reminder that political will, when wield, gets results. For instance, whenever fish traders like Clarita…

by CANDICE Y. CEREZO www.ofwjournalism.net STO. DOMINGO, ILOCOS SUR (OFW Journalism Consortium)–SQUASH, for some Europeans, refers to the sport. For farmers here, it’s the raw material gestating a business partnership with overseas…

by WILLIAM ALZONA www.ofwjournalism.net MANILA (OFW Journalism Consortium)—GIVEN the shortage of maritime officers for international vessels, the manning industry is turning to re-package what its players say is a “wimpy” image of…

by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO www.ofwjournalism.net (Editor’s note: The identities of women interviewed are protected in this story.) QUEZON CITY (OFW Journalism Consortium)–FOR nearly a decade, more than six thousand Filipino women are…

by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO www.ofwjournalism.net MANDALUYONG CITY (OFW Journalism Consortium, Vol. 6, Nos. 10-11, Dec. 23)–FOR over 20 years, surgeon Domingo Alvear eludes the chilly American winter and warms up in motherland…