OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Which government agency offers the most substantial and helpful livelihood assistance to OFWs or overseas Filipinos?Is it OWWA’s stand-alone “Balik Pinas Balik Hanapbuhay” program that provides a maximum ₱20,000 as start up or additional capital for a livelihood...
K-pop girl group Aespa’s Giselle, Karina, Winter and Ningning attended the opening of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York City on July 5. The forum, which has the theme “Building back better from the...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion After years of toiling abroad, most overseas Filipinos yearn not simply to go back home, but to operate their own business while enjoying getting reunited with their children, parents and other loved ones. For many, replacing an exceptionally good income abroad while...
K-pop girl group Aespa will be attending the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development. The forum will be held at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York City. Aespa will be gracing the opening of the forum on July 5, which has the theme “Building back better...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion While many overseas Filipinos or OFWs are hopeful that their general welfare will be significantly improved and uplifted by the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), some prominent OFW rights advocates are skeptical. Saudi Arabia-based Eli Mua is among them....
Hard work and dedication — not simply luck — were the key components of the country’s success in sports for the past years as far as Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Butch Ramirez is concerned. PSC Chairman Butch Ramirez “Yung golden year na sinasabi natin sa sports, hindi yung...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion How to serve millions of OFW constituents literally spread across the whole wide world, including remote parts of Africa, South America and Central Asia, makes the job portfolio of Ms. Toots Ople, newly-appointed secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers, one of the...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino said he is asking the incoming 19th Congress to pass a law that will allow all stakeholders to prioritize athletes when it comes to major sporting events. Tolentino, who is also Tagaytay City representative, said this would ease the...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Among overseas Filipinos, Saudi Arabia-based Eli Mua is probably one of the most ardent and dedicated OFW welfare advocates. Through his nearly daily Facebook posts and frequent liaisons with different OFW groups in the Middle East and in the Philippines he has strongly...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Will 1.7 million registered overseas voters matter at all in the 2022 national elections with total registered voters of over 67 million? At first glance, it appears that overseas votes are inconsequential and almost irrelevant to the outcome of one of the most...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday, May 1, released the schedules of its presidential and vice-presidential forums, which it will execute with the help of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP). (Comelec/MB) The first “Comelec- KBP Pilipinas Forum 2022” interview to be...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo will skip the Comelec-KBP Pilipinas Forum 2022 but she challenged fellow presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to a debate. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photp courtesy of VPLR Media Bureau) If Marcos shows up, Robredo said, she will be...
