OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Governor Benjamin Diokno said last month that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas would conduct an investigation into complaints of dozens of Banco de Oro depositors who claimed to have lost varied sums in their savings accounts. BDO, the country’s largest universal bank, has...
In a move that will make the quarantine process less tedious for returning overseas Filipinos (ROF), the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has allowed quarantine hotels to function, too, as isolation facilities for those who will test positive for the...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Understandably, advocates of the rights and welfare of overseas Filipino workers, notably Eli Mua in Saudi Arabia, cheered President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing on Dec. 29 of a new law that creates a new department exclusively for overseas Filipinos. They believe firmly...
OFW Forum President Duterte’s signing on Dec. 29 of a law that created the Department of Migrant Workers brought lots of joy and hope to advocates of the rights and welfare of overseas Filipino workers, notably Eli Mua in Saudi Arabia. Hope that after more than 50 years of deploying workers to...
OFW FORUM Nora M, 42, a single mother who hails from Negros Occidental, is now seriously considering returning home for good. She’s been away from home for 24 years while at work as a domestic helper in Hong Kong. The time seems ripe for her to quit her P30,000-a-month helper’s job and rejoin...
Three House of Representatives committees have recommended the passage of a bill that would establish a hospital that will exclusively cater to the medical care and needs of overseas Filipino workers and their dependents. Repatriated overseas Filipino workers House Bill 10629 or the proposed OFW...
OFW FORUM Much to his credit, Saudi Arabia-based Eli Mua is unrelenting and tireless in his single-minded crusade for the proposed Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFW) to be established before President Rodrigo Duterte bows out of office in June next year. A Mindanaoan like Duterte, Mua...
The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (AVOSA) is inviting overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East to join the virtual “Simbang Gabi” as part of their spiritual preparation for the Nativity of Christ. Katolikong Pinoy sa Abu Dhabi (Facebook) Franciscan Capuchin Father Troy De los...
OFW FORUM Much to his credit, Saudi Arabia-based Eli Mua staunchly pushes and promotes thousands of miles away from home the government’s establishment of a Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFW) which he believes will address and resolve the seemingly endless constant physical,...
OMJ hosts (from left) Bea Binene, Arnell Ignacio, and Tuesday Niu Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will be the special guest this Saturday, Dec. 11, in “Oh My Job” where he will lead a meaningful discussion on our country’s unsung heroes -...
Around 100,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are expected to return home this month in time with the Christmas season, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said Friday, Dec. 10. (Jansen Romero / File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "For this Christmas, umaasa tayo ng 80,000 to 100,000 (we...
President Duterte has signed a directive paving the way for the establishment of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital. President Rodrigo Duterte (right) signs a document as Senator Bong Go watches him (Photo from PCOO Facebook) Executive Order (EO) No.154 was signed on Tuesday, Dec. 7,...
