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The measure creating the Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL) is set to be sponsored for Senate approval within the week, said Senator Joel Villanueva. The chairperson of the Senate labor committee disclosed on Monday, May 24, that senators have agreed on proposed amendments to the proposal...

Senators on Monday, May 10, quizzed Cabinet officials on the Duterte administration's push to create a Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL), now supposedly made more urgent by the COVID-19 pandemic. Overseas Filipino workers who were quarantined for weeks wait for flights back to their home...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Developing countries are suffering a drop a key source of revenue as the coronavirus pandemic causes worldwide shutdowns, reducing payments from workers living abroad, the World Bank said. A new report estimates remittances to low- and middle-income countries are expected to fall...