The First Batch of 100,000 Dining Vouchers Up for Grabs from 10am Tomorrow
First Batch of 100,000 “Hong Kong Night Treats for Locals” Dining VouchersUp for Grabs from 10am TomorrowThe Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is launching a giveaway of 200,000 “Hong KongNight Treats for Locals” dining vouchers. The first batch of 100,000 coupons will be up for grabsfor free from 10am tomorrow (20 December) on HKTB’s e-platform(https://www.discoverhongkong.com/hk-eng/deals/night-treats.html), with a value of...
AMCB Commemorates International Migrants Day
Press Release - HK migrants call for inclusion and expect genuine services and protection in 2024.In commemoration of International Migrants Day, the Asian Migrants Coordinating Body-IMA-HKgathered at Victoria Park with hundreds of its members, solidarity friends, and advocates to expresstheir determination to fight against modern-day slavery, exclusion, and discrimination as expressedthrough “job-hopping” and the long-standing two-week rule and other...
Hong Kong Cracks Down on Illegal Work, 20 People Arrested
The Immigration Department (ImmD) mounted a series of territory-wide anti-illegal worker operations codenamed "Twilight", and joint operations with the Hong Kong Police Force codenamed "Champion" and "Windsand", for four consecutive days from December 11 to yesterday (December 14). A total of 14 suspected illegal workers, five suspected employers and one suspected aider and abettor were arrested. During the anti-illegal worker...
DMW shuts down training center promising jobs in Taiwan
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has closed down a Quezon City-based technical vocational institution (TVI) for allegedly conducting illegal recruitment of Filipino caretakers and factory workers with bogus job offers in Taiwan. The DMW’s Migrant Workers Protection Bureau (MWPB), with the help of the Quezon City police, padlocked the office of Match Trend Training Assessment Center located at 145...
48 percent of Pinoys see quality of life improving in the next 12 months
Manila, Philippines - Forty-eight percent of Filipinos expect their quality of life to improve in the next 12 months, a third quarter survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said. The survey, conducted from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1 through face-to-face interviews with 1,200 respondents nationwide, found that 40 percent of Filipinos expect no change in their quality of life,...
39-year-old OFW falls to death at Po Tat Estate in Sau Mau Ping
Hong Kong Police reported yesterday that they received a call at 9:06 am from the security guard that a woman was found lying on a platform of Tat Yan House, Po Tat Estate in Sau Mau Ping. The police and ambulance arrived at the scene and immediately found the woman in an unconscious state. The woman was rushed to United...
Inspiring Change: Why Other Countries Should Embrace Singapore’s Migrant Worker Policies
Singapore's pro-migrant worker policies have caught the attention of Senator Raffy Tulfo, who is urging other countries employing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to follow suit. In a meeting with Singaporean Ambassador to the Philippines Constance See, Tulfo discussed the challenges faced by OFWs in Singapore and was impressed by the measures in place to protect their welfare. One noteworthy aspect...
BI expects 1.5-M passenger arrivals in December
MANILA – Around 1.5 million in total arrivals are expected during the last month of the year due to the aggressive tourism campaigns of the government, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Monday. This as travel trends show a major increase in travelers in 2023, Commissioner Norman Tansingco said in a statement. Tansingco said that by the second quarter of...
Inbound, outbound travelers to PH reminded to register at eTravel
MANILA – The Bureau of Immigration has reminded travelers on Saturday that registration in the one-stop electronic travel declaration system (eTravel) is a requirement for visitors from other countries.This is given the anticipated influx of international passengers who will arrive and depart from the country’s ports of entry and exit.BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said all arriving and departing passengers...
Long overdue PAG-IBIG contribution hike takes effect January
Manila, Philippines - The Pag-IBIG Fund is expected to push through with the "long overdue" contribution hike set to take effect in January 2024. “It will continue, we already informed the President. It’s good to go,” Pag-IBIG CEO Marilene Acosta told reporters in an interview. “We just want something in writing and we already sent the memo last week of November,”...
