The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has expressed readiness for the start of overseas voting for the 2022 polls on April 10. Comelec/MB "We are 100 percent prepared already. Everything is set. All the embassies or consulates are ready," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said in an online forum...
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The Department of National Defense (DND) is coordinating with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in case the government needs the military’s help in the repatriation of overseas Filipinos in Ukraine and North Korea. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (File photo)...
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Hong Kong are still welcome to return home as the Philippine government is not considering to impose a travel ban amid a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases there, Malacañang said. (FILE PHOTO) Cabinet secretary and acting presidential spokesperson Karlo...
Senatorial candidate and Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero has urged the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Hong Kong to prepare to assist more Filipino domestic workers who could be infected with COVID-19 as Hong Kong struggles with a surge in cases. Escudero noted Hong Kong is...
The government, through the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), will provide US$200 or more than P10,000 cash aid for Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong who tested positive for COVID-19, Malacañang said. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN Cabinet secretary and acting presidential spokesperson...
More than 200 overseas Filipinos in Macau recently returned to the Philippines through the government's repatriation program, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Consulate General in Macau) Through the help of the Philippine Consulate General in Macau,...
OMJ hosts (from left) Bea Binene, Arnell Ignacio, and Tuesday Niu The pandemic is not yet over but with the decreasing number of COVID-19 cases all around the world, Taiwan has reopened its borders to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). This is good news to the OFWs who need to return to their work...
The Philippine Embassy in Amman, Jordan has reminded the Association of Jordanian Recruitment Agencies (AJRA) to ensure that mechanisms are in place to protect and promote the rights of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Photo from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Philippine Ambassador to...
Most of the 1.697 million registered overseas voters for the upcoming May 2022 polls are from the geographical region of the Middle East and Africas, having a total of 786,997 which is around 46 percent of the total number of overseas voters. This was according to the data on overseas voters...
More than 200 distressed overseas Filipinos recently came back home from Qatar through the government's repatriation efforts, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday, Feb. 10. (Photo courtesy of POLO-Qatar) "The Philippine Embassy in Doha mounted another chartered flight on 07...
The government's pandemic task force has released an updated memorandum detailing the conditions and requisites for Filipinos abroad who want to return to the Philippines starting February 10, 2022. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN Based on Resolution No. 160-A of the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for...
