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The Philippine government on Wednesday said the tension with Taiwan is already defusing, with Filipino investigators wrapping up their probe on the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman on May 9.

The Passport Department has deported 201,000 illegal workers, including Syrians, in the past three months.

MANILA - Fifteen Taiwanese, mostly teenagers, will face charges of physical injuries for hurting overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Muscat: Oman Police have foiled an attempt to smuggle five people, hidden in a car’s trunk, out of the country from Wadi Jizzi border with the UAE, about 370km north-west of Muscat.

CEBU CITY, May 22 (PIA) --The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) reminds the land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) of the premium increase that is set to be fully implemented in 2014.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said 164 undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFW) have been repatriated from Saudi amid a looming crackdown on illegal workers.

KATHMANDU, May 22: The number of workers leaving for overseas destinations increased by 14 percent during the first ten months of the 2012/13 compared to the number recorded during the same period last year.

KATHMANDU: Worker migration to foreign job markets dropped by 6.79 per cent in Baisakh (mid-April to mid-May) as compared to a month back.