Kuwait has lifted a ban on Filipino domestic workers, ministry to issue visas
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Filipinos in the UAE eye real estate investments after ‘significant salary increases’: survey
Filipino investors in the UAE look to real estate as preferred investment, according to survey
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UAE petrol price change; Kuwait deports 700 Filipinos; Major Saudi visa update; Oman labour law; Dubai Police TikTok arrest statement – 10 things you missed this week
UAE petrol prices, Saudi visa updates, Oman labour laws, public holiday dates, Kuwait deports Filipinos and more top stories this week
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Kuwait deports 700 Filipinos
700 men and women from Philippines deported from Kuwait in just three months
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Kuwait busts Filipino counterfeit gang, 33 arrests over fake documents
Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior arrests Philippines citizens over false documents
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Saudi Arabia plans to recruit 1m Filipinos, UAE, Qatar and Oman plan Philippines recruitment
The Philippines is preparing for mass recruitment opportunities from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Oman
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Kuwait Filipino ban: Philippine’s President Marcos aims not ‘to burn bridges’
Philippine President Marcos seeks diplomatic resolution with Kuwait
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Filipinos in Dubai: Consulate announces weekend opening for passport services
Filipinos in the Dubai can visit consulate to renew passports, report marriage and more
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Why the Philippines is upbeat about trade growth with the UAE
Top official says Expo 2020 Dubai could be a ‘game changer’ in Philippines-UAE trade relations
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Philippines resumes deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia
Saudi government has ensured that employers and recruitment agencies will shoulder Covid-related expenses upon arrival
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Philippines suspends deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia
Suspension comes amid reports that migrants are being asked to shoulder costs of Covid-19 quarantine and insurance
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UAE to resume recruiting Filipino domestic workers after eight-year hiatus
Visas were suspended for Filipino domestic workers in 2014, and recruitment that begins in April will only be allowed through official channels
Filipino expat
‘I really want to kill’ recruiters who sell Filipino workers as slaves in the Middle East – Duterte
President Rodrigo Duterte’s views come as another Filipina maid was beaten to death in Kuwait
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Saudi Arabia cuts recruitment charges for Filipino domestic workers
Workers from the Philippines can now be hired for $2,360 plus VAT under new recruitment charges
Dubai
Dubai Police honours Starbucks employee for returning bag with cash, cheques
Filipina employee returned bag containing AED195,000 cash and two cheques worth over AED500,000
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Illegal expat workers attempt to travel to UAE as ‘tourists’
Filipino workers were flying to the UAE via other destinations including Hong Kong
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UAE-based expats among victims of Philippines ferries tragedy
31 out of 96 passengers have died in the incident on Saturday