Filipino workers can again be deployed to Egypt, reports ABS-CBN News. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) governing board approved Thursday a resolution allowing the resumption of deployment of Filipino workers to that country.
Las Vegas cab driver Gerardo Gamboa thought someone left a bag of chocolates in the back seat of his vehicle, but the stash turned out to be $300,000 in cold hard cash, reports ABC News. Now, Gamboa is winning honors for honesty after turning in the money he found Monday. Yellow Checker Star Transportation named Gamboa its driver of the year and rewarded him with $1,000 and a dinner for two at a restaurant.
Filipino nurses seeking employment in the US are increasing in number again, reports Philstar.com. Cebu Rep. Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr. said a total of 2,952 nurses took the US licensure examination from January to September this year, up by nearly 11 percent from 2,662 in the same period in 2012.
Longer term British support will help rebuild homes in the Philippines and get people back into jobs, the UK’s International Development Secretary Justine Greening said on Tuesday, reports Manila Standard Today.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has raised Alert Level 3 on South Sudan, scene of ongoing violent incidents, and a rapid-response team flew from Manila Monday night to help process the repatriation of overseas Filipino Workers there, reports Interaksyon.com.
Filipino seafarers could be blacklisted because of their unsatisfactory compliance with international standards required by European ships, reports Inquirer.net. This has prompted a senator to push for a bill that would centralize all training and certification requirements under the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina).
Remember the six-year-old Japanese boy who gave the contents of his piggy bank to the victims of Typhoon Yolanda? More than a month after his act of generosity, he got an anonymous gift from the Philippines, reports Rappler.com. It was a neatly-wrapped gift about the size of a shoe box containing around 4 small jeepney toys and an “I LOVE PH” shirt – a package Shoichi Kondoh received “from the Filipino people.”
In yet another proof of the Filipinos' penchant for singing, an overseas Filipino worker has wowed judges in “X Factor Israel” with her live rendition of Christina Aguilera's “Beautiful,” making her advance in the show's next round, reports GMA News. Rose “Osang” Fostanes, a 46-year-old caregiver in Tel Aviv, received the nod from all four judges and cheers from an ecstatic Israeli audience on her most recent performance.
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