The proposed law on the creation of temporary shelters in host countries of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and halfway houses in the Philippines for those repatriated is an initiative that would provide a safety and security net for modern-day heroes, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said....
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental is monitoring the situation of 398 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Lebanon amid the escalating tension between Hezbollah and Israel. THE provincial government of Negros Occidental established a help desk at the Public...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo is monitoring the status of 65 Ilonggos in Lebanon as tensions between Hezbollah and Israel escalated. A HELP desk at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol in Iloilo City is open to families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the province who might be...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Asst. Sec. Francis Ron de Guzman shuts down the office of Volant Academy for Language Excellence, Inc. in Barangay Lumil, Silang, Cavite for alleged illegal recruitment of workers to Germany (Photo: DMW) A language training center in Silang, Cavite has been shut...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its gratitude to the Leaders Forum, a bipartite body of labor and employer groups, for its support to the increase of the commission's budget. The Leaders Forum is composed of organizations such as the Employers Confederation of the Philippines,...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Rep. Salo's office) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo gave special mention to President Marcos and Speaker Martin Romualdez as he expressed his gratitude to everybody who played a key role in ensuring...
The Commission on Appointments has approved on Tuesday, August 20 the ad interim appointment of Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac. Committee on Labor, Employment, Social Welfare, and Migrant Workers chairperson Rep. Mercedes Alvarez earlier approved the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Appropriations has deferred deliberations on the proposed 2025 budget of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) following the unavoidable absence of acting...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Rep. Salo's office) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo is calling on all Filipinos in Lebanon to take advantage of the free repatriation being offered amid the rising tensions there. “I urge our kababayans in...
The Philippines stands ready to repatriate overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the escalating tension in Lebanon, whether they are documented or undocumented. "[H]opefully, again, the situation doesn’t get worse but in case, the there is a call to be repatriated, then as I said,...
DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac (DMW) The Commission on Appointments (CA) is set to resume consideration of the ad interim appointment of Hans Leo Cacdac as secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny...
Two senators on Friday, August 2 welcomed the latest tranche of salary increases for government employees. “The prompt action to implement a salary increase for government workers is a commendable demonstration of the government’s commitment to ensuring the welfare of our civil...
