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The number of people who leave their countries to work abroad is soaring, according to the United Nations, which is meeting on the subject this week. More than 200 million people now live and work outside their country of origin, up from 150 million a decade ago.
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Tens of thousands of Filipinas work as nannies in U.S. households. Many leave their own children in the care of relatives back home, a wrenching but often unavoidable decision in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation.
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A friend of mine told me that when I came into the Philippines two weeks ago, I should have told immigration I was a balikbayan.That's a Filipino…
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Every issue has two sides and despite having a robust culture in the Philippines for over 40 years, the issue of OFW -- overseas Filipino workers -- is no…
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In the Philippines, if you're not an OFW -- Overseas Filipino Worker -- it's like you're missing out.There's an OFW-only immigration line at the Ninoy…
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As you may remember, an explosion on an oil rig about 20 miles off the coast of Louisiana killed three Filipino nationals and injured a handful of others…