The Global Filipino Magazine

I ALWAYS believe that arriving at one goal is the starting point of another Words I’ve written here will not suffice to thank all the individuals and groups who have supported and trusted The Global Filipino Magazine which aims to champion the greatn

Filipino lawyer Atty. Barney Almazar is just one of the foot soldiers of the Constitution abroad. Aside from being a great lawyer, he is also actively holding and providing free legal aid to the Filipino community through the Philippine Consulate Gen

Travelling around different parts of the world makes him a storyteller. Charles Rollon, or known as dboywhogotlucky on Instagram, has been working as a supervisor for an airline company based in Dubai for years now, and through this, he is able to vo

He is taunted as the first ever Filipino vlogger in Dubai, providing useful information about what to expect when living in UAE. If one searches for how it’s like to live in Dubai if you’re a Filipino, Junie Sorsano will probably appear on YouTube’s

- RN; RM; BSN; MBA She believes that success isn’t just about what accomplishes in life, it’s what she inspires. Amy Magracia-Miranda, a registered nurse, has been fulfilling his late mom’s dream by being a successful medical practitioner by taking c

Writing, for her, has always been her source of strength and transparency when certain life ordeals tend to get in the way. Being a writer has always been Shereen Ahmed’s dream. It started when journaling took its precedent as the form of her express

Just like any other newbies in Dubai, Wendell Mandocdoc’s dream is to be part of top workplaces in the Middle East. He arrived in Dubai around 2003 and was only 25 years old. As experienced by most OFWs abroad, he started at the bottom first. His fir

If there’s one word to describe his attitude, it would be ‘strategic.’ Roy Lance Japor has been working in Dubai for a decade now and has spent almost half of his life in the human resource department, particularly in recruitment operations. Working

Spending 29 years of his life in Dubai, Filipino art director Jonathan Paul Aggarao considers the emirate as his second home. He works in a company called Q&A Advertising LLC, a business run by his family members who are also into creative content pr

For almost 20 years, Filipino engineer Bernardo Allayban has been working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, just like any overseas Filipino worker, he went abroad seeking for a 'greener pasture' and to support his family's financial needs. Currently, h

Abdulhamid Omar Bandon has worked almost every possible job in Dubai. He jumped from a nonnal restaurant staff, customer service industry to corporate corporate. Bandon, 38, now works at Duke Tourism/Duke Commercial Broker LLC in the operations depar

FILIPINOS are naturally helpful. It’s as if they’re born to help if someone needs a hand. During the Covid-19 pandemic, here in the Middle East, the words ‘kapit bisig’ and ‘bayanihan’ were given a new meaning as majority of ‘capable’ Filipinos help

DESPITE the number of total Covid-19 cases in the country, people across the globe commend UAE's efforts in making sure its residents are safe while they fight and curtail the spread of the deadly virus. In an article published by TGFM on Facebook wi

HUNDREDS of thousands of Fiipinos are thanking the government of the United Arab Emirates for sending an aid plane containing seven metric tons of medical supplies to the Philippines that will be used by the frontliners to combat the spread of the de

THE global health crisis poses unprecedented challenge for private and public sectors in the Middle East. Keeping track on the latest employment law changes in this region is critical at this point in time for HR practitioners, in-house lawyers and b

THE founder and president of the Filipino Institute has recently launched an online portal wherein Filipinos in the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar can register if they are in dire need of assistance such as food, shelter and/or if they have governmental issu

AMID a pandemic, the Filipino Institute (FI) continues to provide quality education to Filipinos across the globe and help them boost their career and self-development. Responding to the UAE government’s call to temporarily shut schools and instituti

A FILIPINA frontliner in Dubai has gone viral online after having a once-in-a-lifetime experience to speak with one of the rulers and members of the Royal Family in the UAE. Jessa Dawg Ubag, who works as a licensed nurse under the Dubai Health Author

PHILIPPINE Ambassador to the UAE Hjayceelyn M. Quintana has thanked the host country for taking care of the Filipinos amid Covid-19 outbreak. “Ang United Arab Emirates ay naging second home sa 650,000 Filipinos at ito ay itinuturing nilang isang baya

About the photographer is a photographer by passion. He sees himself as an imagemaker who captures and tells a story in a photograph. His photography is an art form, borne from his desire to create on canvas and professional training in design.

A FILIPINO physician based in the UAE said ‘physical barrier’ is important if someone living in shared accommodation showed symptoms or tested positive for Covid-19. “Basic recommendation ng international guidelines sa home quarantine is to have a se

THE Filipino Community in Kildare, Ireland has raised more than €283,258 for the orphaned children of Miguel Plangca, a Filipino factory worker who died of COVID-19 in Ireland on 13 May 2020. The overwhelming support from more than 8,000 donors from

OVERSEAS Filipino workers (OFWs) around the world who have received cash assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO) are thankful for the ‘big’ help given especially to those who

A BUNCH of Facebook groups have been launched on Thursday, May 28 for Filipinos abroad to trade their pre-loved items for essential needs now that almost everyone is affected by the crisis brought by the novel coronavirus. After the successful launch

Enrico Cardoniga, popularly known as ‘Kuya Rico’ in the Filipino community, has always been optimistic amid challenges in life as what an overseas Filipino worker should be. His face is popular among OFWs in the UAE as he is considered as a ‘local ce