The Taguig City government said the first Delta variant case recorded by its health unit was a Taguig-bound returning overseas Filipino worker (OFW). The Delta variant is a highly contagious strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Taguig’s COVID-19 variant...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) warned the public on Monday, July 19, against a false website claiming that its medical personnel are conducting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests for a certain fee. The false website that claims PCG medical personnel to conduct coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Janice de la Cruz, 36, a single mother, is getting set to leave the Philippines again for overseas work even if COVID-19 remains very much a health crisis across the world. After two consecutive “tours of duty” over six years as a domestic helper in Hong Kong, Janice is...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) halted four female overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have been recruited as household service workers in Dubai, but pretended they were going to work in Europe. (Photo from PNA) In a report to BI Commissioner...
State-owned Social Security System (SSS) said the number of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) members increased as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the economy. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer, said the pension fund’s OFW membership reached 1.34...
The Philippines will waste no time in sending overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Israel following the lifitng of the temporary suspension of OFW deployment to that country. (Photo by Vitamina Poleznova/ Unsplash) In a statement Thursday, July 15, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary...
The Bureau of the Treasury is planning to sell the Philippine government’s first retail dollar-denominated bond (RDB) targeted mainly at overseas Filipino investors. During a virtual briefing on Thursday, July 15, National Treasurer Rosalia V. de Leon said the government is firming up the details...
Filipino workers with deployment papers to Israel can now heave a sigh of relief. (Photo by Cole Keister/ Unsplash) This, after Department of Labor and Employment-Information and Publication Service (DOLE-IPS) Director Rolly Francia announced in a virtual press briefing Wednesday afternoon, July 14...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III announced on July 6 the temporary suspension of new workers to Saudi Arabia following recent sexual abuses of two Filipino women in that country. They came home last month, with “Michelle” two months pregnant with the child of one of...
A total of 348 stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were repatriated over the weekend, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) bared on Sunday, July 11. (Photo from DOLE) DOLE said this was the fourth batch of repatriation since...
Retirement may be a comforting idea, but on the other hand, this season can be filled with different emotional phases, including wanting to reestablish one’s old working routine. Lito Dimaculangan, 58, a native of Batangas, is familiar with this feeling. Dimaculangan, an accountant by...
Displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are still being flown home to the Philippines over a year since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began. Ninoy Aquino International Airport (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "We're still expecting 30,000 to 40,000 of our OFWs . Eto yung mga nawalan...
