From left to right: Mr. Steve Agius, Chief Executive Officer of Identità, Malta’s identity and migration agency; Ms. Stephanie Bason, Director General for Employment at the Ministry for Home Affairs, Security and Employment; Patricia Yvonne Caunan, Undersecretary for Policy and International...
Senator Raffy Tulfo conducted a surprise visit to several accommodation houses in Metro Manila and revealed the "prison-like" conditions in shelters that temporarily house overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) awaiting deployment abroad. (Photo from Senator Raffy Tulfo's office) Tulfo, who chairs the...
Senator Raffy Tulfo stressed the need to have closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed in ships boarded by seafarers as a means to expedite solving cases of disappearance among seamen. Sen. Raffy Tulfo presides over the Committee on Migrant Workers to discuss stricter monitoring...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Tuesday, January 21, called for a deployment ban to Kuwait following the recent deaths of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) here. Sen. Raffy Tulfo, chairperson of the Committee on Migrant Workers, deplores the continuous deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to...
Senator Joel Villanueva strongly urged concerned government agencies to leave no stone unturned in the enforcement of laws to protect Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) against maltreatment and abuse. Villanueva, principal author, and sponsor of the Department of Migrant Workers Act made the call on...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Friday, January 3 renewed his call for the government to assert the rights of all overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) against abusive employers and employment agencies. Tulfo made the call following the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed the death of Dafnie...
President Marcos has inaugurated a one-stop shop for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) which aims to assist them in various services starting from their departure to their return to the country. Marcos led the opening of the Department of Migrant Workers' (DMW) Bagong Pilipinas One-Stop OFW AKSYON...
(File photo) A total of 213 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Lebanon have secured their travel documents and are set to return home amid escalating tensions following intensified Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah positions, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Friday, Oct. 11. In an...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac says he intends to increase the agency’s ongoing efforts to encourage overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are currently undocumented to go through the legal...
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...
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...
