| Bank for overseas Keralites mooted | | The Government of Kerala will conduct a feasibility study on setting up a bank exclusively for non-resident Keralites (NRKs), says Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister of the south Indian state. | | Filipino expats can vote at missions from tomorrow | | A mock election was held at the Philippine Consulate General on Wednesday to test and seal six Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines shipped from Manila to automate the Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) in Dubai and Abu Dhabi for the first time starting April 13. | | Filipinas to mark Day of Sisterhood | | More than 700 Filipino women in the UAE will celebrate female empowerment and self-improvement on Friday at a women-only event at the Almas Tower Ballroom in Jumeirah Lakes Towers. | | Kerala CM to address grievances of expats | | Expatriates from Kerala can air their grievances directly to the south Indian state’s Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy, at his first-ever international “mass contact” forum to be held in Sharjah on Thursday. | | Kind-hearted help fund Filipino’s operation | | Filipina expatriate, Laurice Almario, who lives in Dubai, has reached out to the kind-hearted individuals living in the country in a bid to help raise USD14,594 — or Ph600,000 — for the triple heart bypass operation her dad underwent on Monday in Manila. | | Pak missions in UAE gear up for elections | | Pakistani expatriates in the UAE and around the world will, most probably, be able to use their right to franchise for the first time in the May 11 general elections in their country. | | Faster delivery of Pak passports promised | | After a public outcry over the up to one year delay in issuing new machine-readable Pakistani passports as a result of a legal wrangle in the country, the UAE’s Pakistan Embassy has received an assurance from the Ministry of Interior in Islamabad that the delay has been slashed. | | Freight warning for Filipinos | | Filipino expatriates working in the UAE have been warned to tread carefully when sending ‘balikbayan’ boxes back to their home country. | | Filipino mission gears up for voting | | The Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) will train 40 personnel from the diplomatic missions in Abu Dhabi and Dubai in preparation for the first automated Filipino Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV), expected to commence on April 13, a month before the May 14 elections. | |
