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DUBAI: Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates sending their relatives to the country are now required to show proof they are making at least AED10,000 a month to ensure that they can afford their kin’s stay, especially in these times of the coronavirus pandemic, where residents have either lost jobs, are on no-work-no-pay arrangements orContinue reading “Pinoys sending kin to UAE now need to show proof of AED10,000 monthly salary”

DUBAI: He was comatose for 10 days due to Covid-19 and looking back at his harrowing experience, 45-year-old Michael Malayan is now being more careful as he makes his way toward full recovery. An engineer from Iloilo City, Malayan would these days be seen running up to eight kilometers around his neighborhood every morning inContinue reading “COVID survivor recounts ordeal: 10 days in a coma and now on the road to full recovery”

DUBAI: The UAE recorded an increase of 136 new Covid-19 cases in just a day’s time, raising concern among health officials who reminded everyone to be mindful of protocols like social distancing and properly wearing face masks. As of Wednesday evening, Aug. 19, there were 435 new cases recorded across the country, the first timeContinue reading “UAE raises concern over rising number of new Covid cases”

Those whose visas have expired before March 1 now have until Nov. 17, instead of Aug.18, to leave without penalties and re-entry ban. DUBAI: Visa holders whose legal stay in the UAE has expired before March 1 this year may now heave of sigh of relief as they have another three months to stay withoutContinue reading “UAE extends expired visa amnesty for 3 months”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Others got up to four job offers, mostly from call centers. Some has resorted to Facebook marketing, selling signature bags they had stocked up on working abroad, while there were also those planning to open a start-up business, checking out loan programs at the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). AndContinue reading “Returning OFWs: Some get lucky, others not so”

DUBAI: The ongoing exodus of Filipinos from Dubai due to the global pandemic has not been without scenes that touches the heart, among them that of a grandma and her six-year-old “apo” whose mom took to the airport for a few more bonding moments before “lola” boarded the plane for Manila. Sixty-four-year old Elizabeth MacarayaContinue reading “Grandma bids g’bye to her grandson as exodus of Pinoys from Dubai continues”

There is a way out for overseas Filipino workers in a quandary with their condo payments: A negotiated adjusted payment plan, developers say. Property developers in Dubai said they have been having OFW clients facing problems with their payments. “We have some cases of clients defaulting on their monthly down payment,” said Manuel “Manny” ArbuesContinue reading “OFWs facing property foreclosure urged to seek compromise with developers, banks”

As more and more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) fail to keep with payments for their real properties and condo units, will the banks be wont to go for foreclosure? A seasoned real estate broker says he does not think so. Vince Lubrin, licensed real estate broker with Robinson’s Land Corp. Int’l., said: “Banks will beContinue reading “COVID: Will banks foreclose unpaid OFW condos?”

DUBAI: Have you been running behind your condominium payments back home because you’ve lost your job, have been on a no-work-no-pay set-up or have had salary adjustments as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic’s economic impact? The pandemic has not only apparently deflected Manila’s booming condominium market but as well posed serious challenges to overseasContinue reading “PH law protects jobless OFWs beset with condo problems”

DUBAI: With the Philippine government’s repatriation program in full swing and most jobless, stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Dubai lining up for their turn, there are also those who refuse to go home as yet. They basically have three main reasons: Loved ones back home needing financial support; Not having been able to saveContinue reading “FOR THEIR LOVED ONES BACK HOME: Jobless Dubai OFWs take chances in the city”