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                    [ArticleID] => 1534902
                    [Title] => POEA probes Singaporeans who starved Pinay maid
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The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is looking into the possible liability of the recruitment agency that deployed an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was allegedly starved by her Singaporean employers.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-20 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1375397 [Title] => OFWs oppose integration of terminal fees in airline ticket [Summary] =>

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and the local recruitment industry have expressed dismay over the decision of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to defer the integration of airport terminal fees in airline tickets instead of scrapping the policy.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1367020 [Title] => Repatriation of abused Pinay from Saudi sought [Summary] =>

The Blas Ople Policy Center yesterday pressed for the immediate repatriation of a Filipina worker who suffered serious burns after her employer in Sauri Arabia poured boiling water on her.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1333431 [Title] => Law vs age discrimination in employment sought [Summary] =>

Congress is being asked offline and online to pass a law banning age discrimination in workplaces.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804764 [AuthorName] => Janvic Mateo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1319147 [Title] => Gov’t urged to ban age discrimination in workplace [Summary] =>

An organization looking after the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has started an online petition in Change.org asking Congress to enact a law that will ban age discrimination in workplaces nationwide.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804764 [AuthorName] => Janvic Mateo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/philippinestar/headlines/20140504/worker-gen6.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 997451 [Title] => ‘Age limit’ sa trabaho alisin na! [Summary] =>

Panahon na upang alisin ang ‘age limit’ sa mga nagnanais na makapagtrabaho sa ibang bansa.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096851 [AuthorName] => Doris Franche-Borja [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 959550 [Title] => OFW sex scandal probers off to Kuwait [Summary] =>

The probe team created by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to investigate the alleged sex-for-repatriation scheme in government-run shelters in the Middle East will leave for Kuwait today on the first leg of its mission.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img21/9626/7ul9.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 951803 [Title] => Phl envoy to Kuwait charged [Summary] =>

Charges have been filed against recalled Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait Shulan Primavera for allegedly sexually abusing a Filipina housemaid in November 2012.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img853/5053/gen5n.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 865645 [Title] => Valte unaware if Noy OK’d probe of recalled envoy [Summary] =>

A Palace official yesterday said they are not aware if President Aquino has given the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) the go signal to start investigating the case of the Philippine ambassador to Kuwait who was recalled over sexual harassment charges.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 864628 [Title] => Pinay maid files sex complaint vs Phl envoy to Kuwait [Summary] =>

Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait Shulan Primavera faces an investigation after being accused of sexually harassing an overseas Filipino worker (OFW).

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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