In a touching display of respect, the First Family led by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. gave a "standing ovation" to the representatives of medical frontliners and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) during the leader's inauguration on Thursday morning, June 30. The First Family waves to the crowd...
Outgoing Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. paid tribute to the millions of Filipino migrant workers for their crucial contributions to their families and to the country during the International Day of Family Remittances on Tuesday, June 28. Overseas Filipino workers (Photo by Ariel...
President Duterte has signed a law criminalizing the deployment of those below 24 years old to work domestically abroad as part of the government's protection of Filipinos against more ways of human trafficking​. Republic Act (RA) No. 11862, which amended several provisions of RA 9208, now...
Sentro Rizal launched online to connect OFWs to PH cultural, historical, media resources The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa launched the Sentro Rizal Ottawa online portal on Independence Day, to connect people, especially Overseas Filipinos, to cultural, historical, media, and other related resources...
The government of Hungary has stepped up its partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in the Philippines in an effort to prepare Filipinos for possible jobs in the central European nation. (Louis Hansel/ Unsplash) "Already in Hungary, more than 800 Filipinos...
More Filipino healthcare workers are expected to get job opportunities after the Philippines signed an agreement with Germany to deepen their bilateral ties. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines and Germany recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further facilitate the...
After the hiring of Filipino hotel workers in Israel, the Philippines is looking to deploy Filipino professionals for mid-level management positions in the Israeli hotel workforce. Filipino hotel workers deployed to Israel to work in hotels in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Caesarea, and Tiberias...
More than 60 Filipino hotel workers were recently deployed to Israel as it reopens its tourism industry. Israeli Ambassador Ilan Fluss hands over copies of the first-ever book translated from Hebrew to Tagalog as 'pabaon' to hotel Filipino workers bound for Israel. (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Among overseas Filipinos, Saudi Arabia-based Eli Mua is probably one of the most ardent and dedicated OFW welfare advocates. Through his nearly daily Facebook posts and frequent liaisons with different OFW groups in the Middle East and in the Philippines he has strongly...
Filipinos living and working abroad were told not to wait for the last minute before casting their votes. A Filipino in Bangladesh casting his vote on the first day of overseas absentee voting held in April. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Embassy in Bangladesh Facebook Page) Department of...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has called on members of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Transition Committee to settle their internal conflicts and remain true to their mandated duty of protecting and promoting the welfare of the Filipino migrant workers. Go, author and co-sponsor of...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Will 1.7 million registered overseas voters matter at all in the 2022 national elections with total registered voters of over 67 million? At first glance, it appears that overseas votes are inconsequential and almost irrelevant to the outcome of one of the most...
