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[Title] => Pinoys, other foreign workers in HK to seek higher pay
[Summary] => Filipinos and other foreign domestic workers are preparing to demand a raise now that the situation in Hong Kong is slowly returning to normal.
[DatePublished] => 2014-10-07 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097338
[AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin
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[ArticleID] => 1374772
[Title] => No Pinoys injured in Hong Kong protests – DFA
[Summary] => No Filipinos were involved in pro-democracy rallies in Hong Kong or were injured in the dispersal operations by police, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2014-09-30 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1804865
[AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago
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[ArticleID] => 733273
[Title] => P-Noy lauds HK ruling on maids' residency
[Summary] => President Aquino lauded yesterday a Hong Kong court decision allowing residency status for Filipino domestic helpers and other foreign workers, which the Hong Kong government is opposing.
[DatePublished] => 2011-10-04 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1096652
[AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla
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[ArticleID] => 383536
[Title] => Pinoy domestic helpers hold protest in HK
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HONG KONG (AFP) — Filipino domestic helpers took to the streets of Hong Kong yesterday in protest at a labor law proposed by the Philippine government that has angered millions of its citizens working abroad.
A throng of mostly female domestic helpers marched through the city to the Philippine consulate to present a petition calling on President Arroyo to scrap the proposal.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-05 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 309170
[Title] => Filipino domestic helpers in HK rally against WTO
[Summary] => HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of domestic helpers from the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Nepal working in Hong Kong protested yesterday against the World Trade Organization, denouncing it as favoring big business over rank-and-file workers.
One protester dressed up as the devil, holding a sickle that said "WTO." Others posed as indigenous people, donning black masks, straw-like dresses and holding shields with the letters "WTO" crossed out.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-28 00:00:00
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[Title] => Pinoy maids in HK to get salary increase
[Summary] => Filipino and other foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are finally getting their much-awaited salary increase, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday.
Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson said the Hong Kong government finally gave in to the clamor to raise the minimum monthly salary of foreign domestic helpers there — effecting over 123,000 Filipino maids.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-20 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 197477
[Title] => RP may elevate HK maids’ wage levy issue to ILO
[Summary] => The Philippines threatened yesterday to seek mediation from the International Labor Organization (ILO) to stop Hong Kong from implementing a decision cutting the minimum salaries of Filipino and other foreign domestic helpers.
Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said over Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) the action would be taken if Hong Kong rejects the request of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
"If this will not be successful, the (DOLE) had said that it is prepared to elevate this issue to the ILO," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-03 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla
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[ArticleID] => 197067
[Title] => Manila to appeal cut in HK maids’ wages
[Summary] => Malacañang ordered yesterday the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to make another appeal to officials of Hong Kong’s Special Administrative Region (SAR) not to cut the wages of foreign domestic helpers.
Hong Kong’s maids, numbering nearly 240,000 with a majority of them Filipinos, are in a rage over the government’s plan to slash their monthly wages by as much as HK$400 starting April.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-28 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804833
[AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
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