Du's UAE Filipino campaign wins gold at EffiesDu’s integrated Tropa for Life campaign, targeting the UAE Filipino community, was awarded a gold Effie at the Mena Effie awards, held earlier this month. The creative campaign has touched the expatriate Filipino community o More… |
Call to send 'stranded' Filipino migrants home from SaudiThousands of Filipino workers stranded in Saudi Arabia due to a massive layoff triggered by a slump in oil prices have pleaded to the Philippine government to expedite their repatriation. Some have not been paid for months and are More… |
Call to send 'stranded' Filipino migrants home from SaudiThousands of Filipino workers stranded in Saudi Arabia due to a massive layoff triggered by a slump in oil prices have pleaded to the Philippine government to expedite their repatriation. Some have not been paid for months and are More… |
OSN adds six new Filipino channels in Mena regionOSN, a leading pay-TV network in Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, has increased the breadth of content for OSN Pinoy subscribers with the roll out of six new channels taking the overall number of OSN Pinoy channels to 15. More… |
Du reduces calling rates to PhilipinesDubai-based telecommunications operator du has reduced the international calling rates for its Filipino customers to just 36 fils ($0.09) per minute, to any number in the Philippines. It represents an extension to the recent More… |
UAE team shares business set-up with Filipino investorsA delegation from the Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) visited the Philippines seeking to enhance trade between the UAE and the Philipines. The mission, let by RAK FTZ chief executive officer Peter J Fort, sought to More… |
Syrian militants capture 43 UN soldiers, 81 trappedMilitants fighting the Syrian army have detained 43 UN peacekeepers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and trapped another 81 in the region, and the world body is working to secure their release, the United Nations said on Thursday. More… |
Maid hiring costs surge in BahrainThe cost of recruiting an Indonesian housemaid has reached BD1,200 ($3200) compared to BD800 in January, while sponsors have to pay about BD1,000 to recruit a Filipino maid, a report said. Bahrain Recruiters’ Society chairman Fare More… |
First Mers case in Philippines reportedA Filipino health worker who tested positive for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) coronavirus has arrived home from the UAE, Philippine officials said yesterday. It’s the first known case More… |
OSN launches two top Filipino channelsOSN, a leading pay-TV network in the region, has launched two new ABS-CBN channels, bringing the world’s best Filipino entertainment and news content to viewers and marking it as the new TFC hub for subscribers in the region. More… |