Many Filipinos have shown interest to work remotely but the willingness to work abroad decreases, according to a leading online job portal survey. This was shown in the results of the “Decoding Global Talent” report by JobStreet, involving more than 190 countries, including the Philippines, to...
The exodus of overseas Filipino workers leaving their employment abroad or being displaced because of the pandemic is one major source of headache for the government, which is still battling the surging cases of COVID-19 in the country. A total of 569,462 OFWs had been repatriated last year and...
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Middle East are the first who are expected to scout for new investment opportunities in the housing sector this year, according to an online home buying platform. In a statement, online portal Ohmyhome said that OFWs who have long yearned to buy...
Aside from restricting the number of Manila-bound passenger arrivals from international flights to 1,500 a day for all airlines tomorrow (March 18), the government temporarily suspended the entry of Foreign Nationals and Returning Overseas Filipinos who are non-OFWs beginning 12:01AM this Saturday,...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday reported 11 new COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) cases and two new recoveries among Filipino nationals abroad. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULELTIN) No new fatality was reported in the DFA’s latest tally. These new cases, according to...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday thanked those who advocated for the abolition of the ‘kafala’ system in Saudi Arabia which will take effect beginning today, March 14, 2021. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO) “Thank you unreservedly to those...
WorldRemit, a leading digital cross-border payments business, is ringing in the new year with a new remittance partner in the Philippines with Palawan Pawnshop. Through this partnership, WorldRemit recipients can now directly quote WorldRemit when claiming their cash remittances at Palawan...
BRIA Homes is positioning its housing projects to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who are on the lookout for affordable hose and lots in safe and gated communities. Red Rosales, president of BRIA Homes, said BRIA Homes has more than fifty housing prospects all over the country. “BRIA’s...
Bank-channelled remittances totaled $21.886 billion as of end-September, down 1.4 percent year-on-year from $22.187 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said the decline in remittances has narrowed and “better than original forecast of five...
State-owned Overseas Filipino Bank (OFBank), the country’s first digital-only and branchless lender, has secured more than 10,000 new deposit accounts in less than four-months of operation, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a report submitted to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez...
