By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau Imagine coming into work and not getting paid. That’s what Filipinos at several Southern California say has been going on. For the past year, hospital workers at the Bellflower Medical Center have described their pay days as uncertain and frustrating as the Read more »
By Rodel Rodis/Inquirer.net This was the question posed to me by a curious TV reporter on May 7, just three days after a stretch limousine traveling across the San Mateo Bridge carrying nine Filipino nurses to a bridal party suddenly burst into flames killing five of the occupants, including the Read more »
By TJ A. Burgonio/inquirer.net They pay much, much less for gas, and get subsidies from the government. But they don’t have a night life. For the 21,000 Filipinos, there are trade-offs for the “privileges” they enjoy in this rich oil state on the northern coast of Borneo, a two-hour flight Read more »
via ajw.asahi.com – Indonesian and Filipino nurses who came to Japan through an economic partnership agreement (EPA) to become licensed nurses are increasingly choosing to take the easier assistant nursing examinations due to language barriers. It is believed they decided to become assistant nurses, who are licensed by prefectural governments, Read more »
By Michael J. Gurfinkel – The Philippine Star The pathway to legalization and citizenship suddenly looks brighter for the 11,000,000 illegal immigrants in the US. This is because the major organizations representing business and labor (US Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO) reached an agreement on a proposed guest?worker program Read more »
By Carina L Cayon – pia.gov.ph The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has announced that the Ministry of Health-Hospital Operation Program (MOH-HOP) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is in urgent need of 1,000 staff nurses. Under its Government Placement Branch, POEA has posted that KSA’s MOH-HOP is looking Read more »
