The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Sunday, April 16, accused reports of misquoting or misinterpreting the remarks made by Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian about the fate of some 150,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan amid the intensified Philippine-United States (US)...
Of approximately two million OFWs deployed to different countries, more than half are women—here’s a bittersweet story from one of them By: Jelica R. Enriquez I was excited to come home. These were my first thoughts when I boarded the plane on my return flight to Manila. The thrill of traveling...
GCash Overseas Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) approves the beta launch of GCash Overseas. This allows Filipinos in Japan, Australia, and Italy to sign up for GCash even without a Philippine SIM. Now, the Philippines' leading finance app is the first and only e-wallet that can be used abroad with...
Filipinos can now use the mobile wallet GCash abroad, with international SIM cards. This developed after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) approved the beta launch of GCash Overseas, allowing Filipinos in Japan, Australia, and Italy to sign up for the mobile wallet, even without a Philippine...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he was considering putting his overseas trips on halt so that he and his economic team could go over each foreign investment deal they have cornered. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. talks to the media onboard Philippine Airline Flight...
Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has put to task the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to look into reports that some recruitment agencies are owned by foreign nationals. Estrada pointed out foreign ownership of placement agencies is a matter prohibited in the licensing and regulation rules of...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed the new chairperson and eight members of the Marawi Compensation Board. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos has designated Maisara C. Dandamun-Latiph as the new chairperson of the Marawi Compensation Board on Jan. 30, Malacañang said...
Overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) may enjoy tax- and duty-free balikbayan boxes if this House bill, authored by Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, is passed into law. Inspection of balikbayan boxes by Customs Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) House Bill (HB) No....
The little but abundant garden of Mia Pettyjohn-Anderson and Chaz Anderson. (Mia Pettyjohn-Anderson) In East Tawakoni, Texas, there lives a Filipina with a backyard garden full of flowers, fruits, and Filipino vegetables. 34-year-old Mia Pettyjohn-Anderson, along with her American husband Chaz...
The House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs has approved, subject to style and “enhancement”, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, a substitute bill that seeks to expand the legal fund provided for distressed overseas Filipinos. Overseas Filipino workers (Jansen Romero/File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The...
The Marcos administration will again tap the overseas debt markets with its three-tranche US dollar dominated bond sale that aims to bridge the government’s budget deficit for the year. Based on a document obtained by reporters, the Philippine government launched on Monday, Jan. 9, the...
Time and time again, the contributions of millions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been highlighted as a “lifeline” of the economy. In times of crisis, we can count on their remittances to soften the blow on economically disadvantaged sectors. In search of greener pastures for their...
