House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) As its way of thanking overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) for their contributions to the Philippines, Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed that the House of Representatives would continue to work closely with the Marcos administration toward its "vision...
Through the strenuous efforts of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), some 300 more Filipino workers in Sudan gained passage to Egypt amid the raging conflict between army and paramilitary forces. Seventeen have returned to the Philippines as hundreds...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – An overseas Filipino worker from Impasug-ong town in Bukidnon province has requested repatriation from war-torn Sudan. SEVENTEEN repatriated OFWs from Sudan arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on April 29. (OWWA photo) Overseas Workers Welfare...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) House Speaker Martin Romualdez is worried that families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are finding it a challenge to have their subscriber identity module or SIM cards registered. “I suspect that OFW families in the provinces are finding it difficult to...
Nope, it’s not what you think it is. Not the “I do” type of thing that is usually accompanied by the lady showing off the rock in the second finger of her left hand. I am talking about employment. With Labor Day just 10 days away, calls to mind our overseas workers, particularly those in the...
Flag of China (Unsplash) Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, April 18, brushed off the clarification of controversial Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian that his statement on the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan was misquoted. Hontiveros had earlier advised Malacañang to ask Beijing to...
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Despite heightened tensions arising from recent military drills of the Chinese armed forces at the Taiwan Strait, it’s business as usual in this nation of 23.9 million people, including more than 150,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Most of the OFWs are concentrated in...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada The Philippine government has enough funds to cover for the repatriation of about 150,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan in case the China-Taiwan situation deteriorates. Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, said two-thirds of...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) are moving to establish an electronic Business One-Stop Shop (eBOSS) to ensure digital accessibility to processes required by the government to Filipinos applying for work overseas. *DMW Secretary Maria Susana Ople...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has branded Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian's statements regarding the Taiwan situation as "condemnable". "It is condemnable that China seems to be...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (left) and Shiella, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) she helped rescue from Riyadh. (Facebook) The story of a distressed overseas Filipino worker (OFW) being saved and reunited with his or her family is always worth telling. Marikina City 2nd district...
To say that House Deputy Speaker and Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco made a difference in the life of Boyet Gestopa is a huge understatement. Boyet Gestopa (seated) happily inspects the new prosthetic leg he received from Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco (4th...
