Groups representing overseas Filipino workers on Thursday, June 17 are united in asking government to lift stringent rules for arriving OFWs in the country even as they batted for the application of the Cebu airport public health and safety protocol for balikbayans and OFWs arrivals. This developed...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday received reports of 18 new deaths and 174 new cases due to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) among Filipinos abroad. Eight other overseas Filipinos have recovered, according to the latest tally released by the DFA. This brings the total number of...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. commended Filipinos abroad, assuring them of the Department of Foreign Affairs's (DFA's) quality service as the country commemorated the 123rd Independence Day on Saturday. DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. (DFA) In a video message, Locsin commended...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said there should be an international agreement to have a standard certificate so it will not be difficult for countries to authenticate coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination cards. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Roque made...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported that no Filipino overseas died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, June 5. (DFA) The total number of COVID-19 deaths among Filipinos abroad is still at 1,194. According to the DFA, the number of Filipinos overseas affected by the...
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday reported 102 new COVID-19 cases and 9 new recoveries among Filipinos abroad. Department of Foreign Affairs tally of COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos (DFA) In a report, the DFA attributed the huge spike in an increase reported cases in one country...
President Duterte has certified as urgent the Senate Bill creating the Department of Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos (DMWOF) that aims to oversee all policies protecting the welfare of Filipinos abroad. Some of the stranded OFWs at NAIA on Friday morning, May 28, 2021. (Ariel Fernandez /...
OF FORUM Jun Concepcion If not for more foreign loans, where else can the government turn to for huge funds needed in its fight against COVID-19 and to mend the country’s battered economy? Unknown to many, overseas Filipinos (OFs) hold a strategically vital key. How so? Fairly simple, easy –...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday reported a huge increase in the numbers of new COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) cases and new recoveries among overseas Filipinos with 143 and 130, respectively. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday reported a huge increase in the...
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...
The total number of overseas Filipinos who were afflicted with COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) since the outbreak began in February last year is now 18,697, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a report Monday. This came after the DFA confirmed that 38 new COVID-19 cases and 31 new...
The number of overseas Filipinos who have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rose to 18,659 as a single new case was only recorded, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday, May 22. (DFA) The DFA also reported no new recovery and zero fatality on the same day. The number of...
