Working overseas is not something that is for everyone. It takes a lot of courage, patience, and determination to survive and thrive in a foreign place with little to no reassurance of success, even. However, this fact of life is something that Filipinos have come to embrace for the sake of their children and loved [...]
Amid the tension-gripped events which shook the Special Administrative Region in recent months including an arrest of a Filipino national, who had been accused of involvement in the protests held in public, talks have circulated that a deployment might soon be put in place. However, Labour Secretary Silvestre Bello III clarified that the deployment of [...]
Amid the tumultuous political situation in Hong Kong, it can’t be helped that other nationalities could get involved in the conflict in their host country. In line with this, officials from the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs are now monitoring the situation and are coordinating with lawyers in Hong Kong to assist the Filipino arrested [...]
Despite the challenges of living alone and working to provide for the family, OFWs must also understand that without setting up contingency plans for themselves such as insurance packages, everything will be meaningless. We know that life can be unpredictable – one day you can be a healthy working individual, and a sick unemployed person [...]
What had apparently ended with the scrapping of a bill handing over extradition rights to crimes of foreign nationals in the country proved to be just the icing on the cake as demonstrations continue to fill the streets of Hong Kong led by hundreds and thousands of anti-government protesters expressing their rage and discontent over [...]
As the government unveils its latest smart initiative to promote Kong Kong as one of the world’s smart cities, details on the smart lamp posts have piqued the curiosity of both residents as well as visitors following rumours that the new project poses some threat to data privacy. However, after the government has clarified the [...]
With the on-going smart ID card replacement initiative progressing as scheduled, residents begin to question the benefits and abilities of the new “smart ID” as its features are heavily based on digital processes, to which not everyone can easily grasp. It is for this reason that rumours are beginning to sprout from the side-lines. This [...]
