At least 22 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Hong Kong are being monitored by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) after a massive fire displaced them and turned their personal belongings to ashes, a ranking government official disclosed on Friday, Nov. 28. DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said...
The two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were reported missing in Hong Kong since October 4 after a “wild hike” have been found safe and are now under the care of the Migrant Workers Office (MWO), the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced on Friday, Oct. 17. DMW Secretary Hans Leo...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has directed Labor Attaché Macy Monique Maglanque to return to the Philippines and face the Senate’s investigation on flood control anomalies after being named in a Senate privilege speech by Blue Ribbon Committee Chair Senator Panfilo Lacson. Maglanque,...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is planning to set up a migrant workers office (MWO) in Nigeria to ramp up efforts in documenting overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in West Africa. The planned MWO will be established in the capital city of Abuja, located in the central part of Nigeria. The...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) closed eight branches of a consulting firm across the country on Friday, August 1, after it allegedly engaged in illegal recruitment of teachers and professionals in the hospitality industry, some of whom had paid up to half a million pesos just to be...
Eleven more crew members of MV Magic Seas, a Liberian-flagged cargo ship attacked by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, were flown to the country by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Saturday night, July 12. This means that the DMW has completed the repatriation of all 17 Filipino crew members...
Five Filipino seafarers were rescued when a Liberia-flagged and Greek-operated cargo ship sunk Wednesday, July 9, after being attacked by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) bared. MV Eternity C descended into the bottom of the Red Sea around 1 p.m. (PH Standard...
A Liberia-flagged, Greek-operated cargo ship with 22 crew members onboard, including 21 Filipino seafarers, was attacked by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed Tuesday, July 8. MV Eternity C was sailing off 50 nautical miles southwest of the port of...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Undersecretary Patricia Yvonne Caunan was appointed as the new administrator of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), replacing TV-personality-turned-public-servant Arnell Ignacio. Caunan took her oath of office before DMW Secretary Hans Leo J....
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac (Screengrab from a DMW press briefing) A total of 20 Filipino seafarers aboard the Norwegian-flagged MV Lunita have not been charged as South Korean authorities continue their investigation into the vessel for suspected drug smuggling,...
Senator Raffy Tulfo stressed the need to have closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed in ships boarded by seafarers as a means to expedite solving cases of disappearance among seamen. Sen. Raffy Tulfo presides over the Committee on Migrant Workers to discuss stricter monitoring...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac (middle) discusses the number of Filipinos on death row abroad and efforts to expand opportunities for Filipino workers during the "Kapihan sa Manila Hotel" forum on Jan. 17, 2025. With him are the hosts, former senator, Atty. Joey...
