Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva questioned a report of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that there is zero acquittal of hundreds Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) facing charges in different countries. During a Senate committee on migrant workers public hearing, Villanueva cited a DFA...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has assured overseas Filipino workers (OFW) that the agency will continue to assist them until the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is completely ready to take over such function. This came as the two agencies came up with an agreement to...
The Senate public services committee chaired by Senator Grace Poe intends to conduct a hearing on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) systems glitch on January 12. Poe said her committee could conduct hearings even during the current Christmas break of the Senate and the House of...
The unmitigated disaster that was the New Year's flight cancellations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has one congressman worrying about whether or not the affected overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) would get fired by their foreign employers. A standard passenger at NAIA awaits news...
Time and time again, the contributions of millions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been highlighted as a “lifeline” of the economy. In times of crisis, we can count on their remittances to soften the blow on economically disadvantaged sectors. In search of greener pastures for their...
Around 800,000 Filipinos were given decent jobs abroad while they also received scholarship grants under the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) reported on Friday. In her remarks at a gift-giving event at the Malacañan on Rizal...
There is a "good image" of the Filipino people in the international stage of because of the Filipino migrant workers, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said Friday. Marcos honored the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) on Rizal Day by spending time with their families at the Malacañan...
More than 7,000 overseas Filipinos from various countries were repatriated by the government this year, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. OFWs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Through the government's repatriation program led by the Office of the...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta recently learned first-hand just how handsomely Filipino construction workers in Guam are getting paid. (Alexander Mils/ Unsplash) Marcoleta took part in a fact-finding mission in the United States (US) territory that lasted from Dec. 11 to 15. The mission...
Prospective overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) would definitely prefer Guam as a destination country once they learn what Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has to say about working in the United States (US) territory. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo Salo, chairman of the House Committee on Overseas...
A five-person congressional delegation from the Philippines met with Guam Governor Lourdes Leon Guerrero to discuss the possible hiring of additional 10,000 skilled overeas Filipino workers (OFWs). (Photo from Pangasinan Rep. Rachel Arenas via Facebook) Pangasinan 3rd district Rep. Rachel Arenas,...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo, a solon who works closely with overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), says thousands of skilled construction workers are currently needed in Guam. And the best part is, this United States (US) territory just happens to prefer to hire Filipino workers. (Shivendu Shukla/...
