Low wages equal stressed-out Filipino workers. Kamanggagawa Party-list Rep. Eli San Fernando offered this painfully simple logic in reaction to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2026 Report, which revealed that 50 percent of Filipino workers experienced stress “a lot of the day” in 2025....
Pinoy Workers Party-list Rep. Karl Fernandez Legazpi is prodding the House of Representatives to conduct a probe in aid of legislation on the apparent decline of the country 's ube (purple yam) industry. In filing House Resolution (HR) No. 1166, Legazpi expressed concern over the weakening...
Law enforcers and and private school administrators must immediately disseminate school safety hotlines and share reporting guidelines to facilitate the timely reporting and investigation of potential threats to schools. Thus, said Pinoy Workers Party-list Rep. Karl Legazpi, amid the perceived...
TEL AVIV, Israel—A single tray of pork longganisa, of corned beef and of rice would have passed on as typical Filipino breakfast except it was served here, where anything that reminded of home gave at least warmth for the heart of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have chosen to stay, even on...
Tingog Party-list Representative Jude Acidre pushed for stronger reintegration laws for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) so that they can come home to the Philippines with real opportunities. Acidre said it is imperative that the govvernment honor OFWs, not only as modern-day heroes, but as...
Twenty-two Filipino victims of human trafficking in Cambodia finally returned home on Wednesday morning, June 10, arriving at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 from Techo International Airport in Phnom Penh. They traveled aboard Philippine Airlines flight PR 2622, accompanied by...
President Marcos has assured overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that they can rely on assistance whenever they need it wherever they may be. In his message for the Migrant Workers ' Day on Sunday, June 7, Marcos recognized the goodness, excellence, and resilience of OFWs in every corner of the...
SteelAsia Manufacturing Corp., the Philippines’ largest steel producer, has recruited a cohort of repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to commission the country’s first structural steel sections mill, a move aimed at replacing imports and advancing national industrialization. The...
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) operatives have arrested a 28-year-old suspect for allegedly stealing five cellphones valued at ₱63,000 from construction workers inside their temporary barracks in Barangay Sauyo, Quezon City. QCPD Ddrector Police Brig. Gen. Randy Glenn Silvio said the...
Philippine economic growth would continue to underperform this year and next as the country faces not only headwinds from a prolonged war in the Middle East but also domestic challenges related to politics and corruption, according to the Institute of International Finance (IIF). The IIF’s latest...
China has raised concerns over what it described as possible “discriminatory law enforcement” following the arrest of 69 Chinese nationals during a joint government raid on a steel company in Misamis Oriental last week. Speaking to reporters in Makati on Wednesday, May 20, Chinese Embassy...
The resignations of two party-list congressmen--both members of the majority--were announced on Monday night, May 18 during plenary at the House of Representatives. Informing the House Committee on Rules about their resignations via separate letters were 1TAHANAN Party-list Rep. Nathaniel Oducado...
