Local and Philippine community members in Hsinchu County are collaborating to hold a year-end battle of the bands competition next month, in which groups formed by overseas Filipino workers will take the stage in the county's Hukou Township, the organizers said Wednesday.
A friendly immigrant football competition between eight teams comprised of migrant players was launched in Taipei on Sunday, with hundreds of people gathered at a local sports stadium for the opening ceremony and to watch the first four games.
The annual Water Lantern Festival will kick off at the Rainbow Bridge by the Xikou Wharf at 15:00 on November 17, 2019. Besides traditional Southeast Asian water lanterns, star-shaped water lanterns are also designed this year to let visitors make a wish to the stars so that they do not have to travel abroad to experience Southeast Asian water lantern culture.
The Taipei City International Migrant Worker Vocational Training Course Achievement Exhibition will be held at Taipei Main Station’s multifunctional performance hall on November 10, 2019. This year, a total of 18 courses saw participation from 227 migrant workers, endowing them with an abundance of new knowledge.
Training classes for Taipei City migrant workers have begun! Free training is now available for international migrant workers from Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Thailand to enrich their professional and language skills.
Migrant workers from Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines staged separate protests in Taipei on Sunday to demand the abolishment of all placement agencies and the enforcement of a compulsory government-to-government hiring system. The protesting workers, holding streamers and placards reading "Abolish the brokerage system, we want G2G" (government to government) in their own languages, rallied outside the Indonesia Economic and Trade Office (IETO) to Taipei, the Manila Cultural and Economic
The talent of overseas Filipino workers was highlighted Sunday at a free photography exhibition in Taipei depicting the lives of migrant workers. The "Turning Point: Taiwan" exhibition, being held Oct. 24-30 at Taipei's Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, is showing roughly 300 photos that chronicle the journeys of migrant workers, featuring images of their hometowns and their working environments.
More than 300 immigrants, mostly from Southeast Asian countries who married Taiwanese citizens, attended the "New Immigrant Forum" at the National Immigration Agency (NIA). The event was aimed at disseminating government empowerment measures for immigrants.
Just like Ms. Wang, many families in Taipei City have hired migrant workers to take care of their elderly family members at home who are suffering from dementia. However, as the symptoms of dementia deteriorate with age, their behavioral problems drastically increase the burden on care workers.
The Yilan County Labor Affairs Department has started the planning process for building onshore accommodation for migrant fishermen in the port of Nanfang'ao, a labor official said Tuesday.
