Six Filipino seafarers have returned to Manila after enduring weeks aboard a crippled oil carrier targeted by aerial explosives in the Black Sea, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Saturday, Aug. 8. The six seafarers arrived in Manila on Friday, Aug. 7, after safely disembarking from...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of Isabela in Negros Occidental is coordinating with concerned government agencies for the repatriation of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) allegedly abused in Saudi Arabia. Mayor Miguel Yulo, in a media interview, announced that one of his constituents, who...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac met with more than 200 Filipino workers at VARD Shipyards Romania S.A. on August 4, to personally check on their welfare and convey the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s appreciation for their valuable...
Inside a packed subway in Rome, a tense confrontation spiraled into a physical clash, one that would soon go viral and turn a Filipino worker into an unlikely figure in the city’s fight against pickpockets. Mervin Dayagro, 45, a factory worker from Dasmariñas, Cavite, did not set out to become...
A 31-year-old man who allegedly posed as a Taiwanese national and scammed a woman of ₱3 million was arrested after an AirTag in her handbag led police to his residence in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City, early Thursday, July 23. The suspect, identified only as alias “Mic,” allegedly contacted...
DAGUPAN CITY – An Overseas Filipino Worker on Sunday sought justice for her son who was shot dead in Barangay Barang, Malasiqui, Pangasinan on Saturday afternoon. “Tulungan ninyo kami (Help us),” Cherry Belo appealed after her eldest son Harryvel was murdered by two unidentified gunmen at...
The 24-year-old son of an Overseas Filipino Worker in Malaysia was shot dead in Barangay Barang, Malasiqui, Pangasinan, on Saturday afternoon, July 25. The 47-year-old OFW aired a frantic appeal for help from authorities following the incident. She said she received the heartbreaking news from one...
Kamanggagawa Party-list Rep. Eli San Fernando expressed hope that one act of wrongdoing in Singapore won 't tarnish the good name of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) all over the world. San Fernando was reacting to the case of domestic worker Raguindin Bassig, who, upon deeper reflection, made...
The first hospital ward dedicated to Overseas Filipino Workers in the Zamboanga Peninsula region opened at the Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) on Tuesday, July 21. Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac led the inauguration of the ward. The event was attended by Mayor Khymer...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) from this city was feted on social media for rescuing a fellow OFW who was swept away by raging water in a tourist destination in Taiwan recently. Dhen Mark Quitoriano Suga, a resident of Barangay Minante 1, said he and his co-workers were...
The Philippine government is right to push back against proposals in the United States (US) that could discourage companies from outsourcing customer-service operations overseas. At stake is not merely an industry, but one of the country’s most important economic pillars. The information...
Tingog Party-list Representative Jude Acidre pushed for stronger reintegration laws for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) so that they can come home to the Philippines with real opportunities. Acidre said it is imperative that the govvernment honor OFWs, not only as modern-day heroes, but as...
