President Marcos has assured Filipinos that the government is striving to implement reforms and foster economic development to create domestic opportunities for Filipino workers and make overseas work an option rather than a necessity. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot)...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on second reading two measures that aim to strengthen financial safeguards for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Sponsored by Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre, both House Bill (HB) No....
OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino (Facebook) In a bid to strengthen policies beneficial to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa “Del Mar” Magsino has filed a House resolution seek a review on the...
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...
(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....
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 Department of Agriculture (DA) signed an agreement with the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to help millions of overseas Filipino workers find new job opportunities in the country, especially in agriculture and agribusiness. Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. stated that the...
DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac and DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. sign an agreement that ensures technical assistance to OFWs who want to start a business on agriculture. (photo: DMW) Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who want to invest in agriculture are assured of assistance to earn...
Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac visits overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Edgar Puzon at the Maraburong Prison Facility in Brunei Darussalam on Wednesday, 29 May 2024. Puzon was convicted for the murder of a fellow OFW in 2005. His sentence has since been commuted to life imprisonment....
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has commended the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for making significant strides in enhancing the labor conditions of foreign workers in the Kingdom. Pimentel noted there is a considerable decrease in the number of runaway...
