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Philippines Boosts Pay, Protections For Overseas Workers

August 23, 2025 7:07 am

The Philippine government has unveiled a series of reforms aimed at strengthening protections for its overseas domestic workers, including a long-awaited pay raise and new measures to safeguard worker welfare.

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced that the minimum monthly wage for Filipino domestic staff abroad will rise from $400 to $500 — roughly 1,800 Qatari riyals. The increase, which will be written into all new employment contracts processed by the agency, is intended to secure fairer pay for the thousands of Filipinos who take on caregiving and household jobs overseas.

“The Department shall implement an increase in the …

Covid-19: Philippine Students Finally Resumes School

August 22, 2022 6:40 am

Following a very long school closure due to the COVID 19 pandemic, millions of students across the Philippines went back to class on Monday.

After more than two years of distant learning, nearly half of the country’s schools started holding regular physical classes again.

The Philippines were one of the last few countries to return to physical classroom learning even after Covid left.

The extended hiatus of physical tuition, according to some analysts, has aggravated the country’s education problems.

Less than half of the nation’s public schools, or around

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3 Reportedly Dead In Fresh Philippine University Shooting

July 24, 2022 1:44 pm

Tragedy struck today when three people were reportedly killed in a school shooting which had taken place at a university in the Philippine capital, Manila in what appears to have been a targeted assassination.

The incident had occurred at Ateneo de Manila University as some of the law students and their families had arrived for a graduation ceremony that was to be attended by the Supreme Court chief justice.

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The alleged gunman has also been detained.

Rose Furigay, a former city mayor in the restive southern province …

Five Dead, Many Sustained Injuries In Philippine Quake

October 17, 2019 9:04 am

Five people were killed and dozens were injured after a powerful earthquake hit the southern Philippines, authorities said Thursday.

The 6.4-magnitude quake struck the Mindanao region on Wednesday night, reducing dozens of houses to rubble on the southern third of the Philippines.

On Thursday afternoon, authorities said five people were killed and 53 injured, mainly in a cluster of small farming towns.

Three people were killed in landslides while another was crushed by the collapsed wall of a house. The fifth suffered a fatal heart attack, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.

No fatalities were reported in …

Philippine Drug War Chief Quits Amid Narcotics Scandal

October 14, 2019 6:11 am

The Philippines’ top policeman, who leads the nation’s deadly drugs crackdown, quit on Monday as he faces allegations of protecting officers accused of selling a huge haul of seized narcotics.

Though the scandal dates from before Oscar Albayalde’s time as national police chief, it has raised fresh criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature campaign, which is key to his massive popularity among Filipinos.

As part of the president’s internationally condemned initiative, police have killed thousands of alleged dealers and users since mid-2016, but critics say the wealthy and powerful have been largely untouched.

Albayalde’s resignation comes days after two …