Archive for July, 2008
MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos were among 55 people arrested at a gay party at a farm in Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, an online news site reported on Thursday.
Arab News (www.arabnews.com) reported that Labor Attaché David Des Dicang, head of the Philippine Embassy’s Eastern Region office, is working with police to help the detained Filipinos.
“I [...]
MANILA, Philippines - Some Filipino Catholics based in Kuwait face the prospect of being denied communion there for having a “second family” while working abroad.
But Kuwait Apostolic Vicar Bishop Camilo Ballin said this may be easier said than done because there is no “hard and fast” rule in implementing the communion ban.
“There are cases, I [...]
MANILA, Philippines - Household workers who have previous employment contracts in Jordan may return to the Middle East country after the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) partially lifted the deployment ban there.
The labor department in a statement said that Household Service Workers (HSW) who are returning to work with the same employer in Jordan [...]
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