Filipinos in Lebanon were urged to consider leaving the foreign country while commercial flights are still available. The Philippine Embassy in Lebanon made the advisory following the "unprecedented explosions of beepers" in Lebanon on Sept. 17 and 18, which killed 11 people and injured 2,800...
By Derco Rosal Working abroad will become “a choice rather than a necessity”—a promise the Marcos administration made in December 2022. It was in the same year that Aileen Cerilo, a Filipino teacher, decided to fly back to China for a better job opportunity. Recently, the Philippine...
Flag of Ireland (Unsplash) Filipino diplomats should aggressively pursue bilateral agreements for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in countries like Ireland where the Philippine government has no existing formal...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (PPAB) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo is urging the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to assign personnel to Philippine embassies abroad in order to provide for the healthcare needs of overseas...
(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...
The proposed law on the creation of temporary shelters in host countries of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and halfway houses in the Philippines for those repatriated is an initiative that would provide a safety and security net for modern-day heroes, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said....
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental is monitoring the situation of 398 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Lebanon amid the escalating tension between Hezbollah and Israel. THE provincial government of Negros Occidental established a help desk at the Public...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo is monitoring the status of 65 Ilonggos in Lebanon as tensions between Hezbollah and Israel escalated. A HELP desk at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol in Iloilo City is open to families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the province who might be...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Rep. Salo's office) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo is calling on all Filipinos in Lebanon to take advantage of the free repatriation being offered amid the rising tensions there. “I urge our kababayans in...
The Philippines stands ready to repatriate overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the escalating tension in Lebanon, whether they are documented or undocumented. "[H]opefully, again, the situation doesn’t get worse but in case, the there is a call to be repatriated, then as I said,...
Representatives from the Department of Migrant Workers and State of Qatar Ministry of Labour meet during the 5th Philippines and Qatar Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) on Aug. 7, 2024 in Pasay City. (Photo: DMW) The State of Qatar expressed interest to employ skilled Filipino workers such as nurses,...
More Filipinos living abroad are choosing digital methods to send money back to the Philippines, with a focus on supporting education as the main reason for these transactions, a Visa report showed. Based on the “Money Travels: 2024 Digital Remittances Adoption Report”, 75 percent of Filipinos...
