The United Arab Emirates has rejected a request from Egypt for the release of 11 of its nationals detained for suspected links to Egypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood, the Gulf News paper reported on Saturday.
Government is eyeing Hong Kong, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates as new labor markets for maids who may lose their jobs in Saudi Arabia. Filipino household service workers (HSWs) affected by the Saudi deployment ban can be absorbed by other labor markets or, they can work as sales workers, waitress, and other low-skilled jobs [...]
Somali pirates have released a United Arab Emirates-flagged oil tanker and the vessel’s 29 crew members, one of whom is a Filipino, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday. The DFA identified the ship as the MT Zirku, which was hijacked by the pirates on March 28 in the Gulf of Aden, and [...]
