Close to 60 overseas Filipinos were recently brought back to the Philippines from Bahrain, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, Nov. 2. BACK HOME -- Overseas Filipinos, who are detainees, overstaying, wards at the Embassy Shelter, and with medical conditions were repatriated to the...
The alert level 4 placed in the whole of Iraq for overseas Filipinos has been downgraded to level 3 following improvements in the foreign land's security situation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, Nov. 2. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) From alert level 4, which...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, October 26, told household service workers or kasambahays that she will back the full implementation of Republic Act 10361 or the Kasambahay Law to provide protection and support for them against abuse, low wages, and lack of benefits. Vice President Leni...
The government should decentralize and liberalize vaccination efforts in light of the logistics problem that could result to wastage or expiration of vaccine doses in the country, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, October 24. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) Speaking during her...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Wednesday, Oct. 19, warned aspiring Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) against illegal recruiters providing their victims with fake travel documents. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN BI Commissioner Jaime Morente announced the warning after two passengers disguised as...
The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has announced the suspension of admission of female overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Bahay-Kalinga to abide by health protocols set by the Kingdom. (Philippine Overseas Labor Office - Jeddah Facebook...
No Filipino was hurt in the street violence that recently sparked in Beirut, Lebanon, the Philippine Embassy in Lebanon said Friday, Oct.15. @PHLinLebanon reports that no Filipino was hurt in the recent street violence that rocked Beirut yesterday. The Embassy continues to monitor the developing...
Ninety-one distressed overseas Filipinos in Bahrain were recently repatriated to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday, Oct. 11. HOME AT LAST--Ninety-one overseas Filipinos in Bahrain were recently repatriated to the Philippines on Oct. 6, 2021. The repatriates...
More than 80 distressed and stranded overseas Filipinos in Myanmar and Cambodia were recently brought back to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday, Oct. 7. FINALLY HOME -- Distressed overseas Filipinos in Myanmar and Cambodia came back home on Oct. 5, 2021 through...
Marissa del Mar In our exclusive chat with television host, producer and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) advocate Marissa Del Mar, she revealed her plans and dreams of helping Filipino workers abroad as presented in her weekly program. “When everything is said and done, and to end this, it is...
0929 5J 27 Cebu Pacific (CEB) operated two more Bayanihan flights for the month of September to repatriate overseas Filipinos stranded in the Middle East. The airline's latest Bayanihan flight this week brought home 346 Filipinos from Dubai. Since July, CEB transported over 4,600 Filipinos from...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now working with other countries to secure more jobs for the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the pandemic. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said a huge number of livelihoods is on the table and assured...
