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MANILA, Philippines - Believe it or not, more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are coming back home to work here.

MANILA – A task force has been created to check on the situation of Filipino workers following the reported attack on at least two Pinoys in Taiwan as tensions between Manila and Taipe continues due to the death of a Taiwanese fisherman off Batanes.

TAIPEI--A group of Taiwanese students launched a campaign yesterday to show support for Filipino workers in Taiwan amid growing tensions between the two countries over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman on May 9.

While he thanked Taiwan President Ma Ying-Jeou for ensuring the safety of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Taiwan, Vice President Jejomar C. Binay on Monday also asked that Taiwanese government to go after its nationals behind the earlier assaults on Filipinos.

Sixty-one Bangladeshis, who returned home Sunday after nearly four months in Sri Lankan detention camps, described their experience of spending 24 days adrift at sea on a broken-down boat, without food or water.

Some Taiwanese employers said yesterday that a diplomatic dispute between Taiwan and the Philippines had not affected their relationships with their Filipino workers.

A group of young people yesterday took the initiative to show their friendliness and appreciation for Filipino workers in Taiwan amid ongoing tensions between the two countries over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman last week by Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel.

MANILA, Philippines – A new batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia arrived in the country Sunday morning.