Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Yamsuan (Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan has filed a measure in the House of Representatives that aims to enable the retroactive application of salary increases for employees of local government...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac says he intends to increase the agency’s ongoing efforts to encourage overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are currently undocumented to go through the legal...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) A neophyte congressman has echoed Speaker Martin Romualdez's proposal to provide additional insurance benefits to barangay workers and institute retroactive pay increases for local...
The proposed law on the creation of temporary shelters in host countries of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and halfway houses in the Philippines for those repatriated is an initiative that would provide a safety and security net for modern-day heroes, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said....
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental is monitoring the situation of 398 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Lebanon amid the escalating tension between Hezbollah and Israel. THE provincial government of Negros Occidental established a help desk at the Public...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo is monitoring the status of 65 Ilonggos in Lebanon as tensions between Hezbollah and Israel escalated. A HELP desk at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol in Iloilo City is open to families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the province who might be...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Asst. Sec. Francis Ron de Guzman shuts down the office of Volant Academy for Language Excellence, Inc. in Barangay Lumil, Silang, Cavite for alleged illegal recruitment of workers to Germany (Photo: DMW) A language training center in Silang, Cavite has been shut...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its gratitude to the Leaders Forum, a bipartite body of labor and employer groups, for its support to the increase of the commission's budget. The Leaders Forum is composed of organizations such as the Employers Confederation of the Philippines,...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Rep. Salo's office) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo gave special mention to President Marcos and Speaker Martin Romualdez as he expressed his gratitude to everybody who played a key role in ensuring...
The Commission on Appointments has approved on Tuesday, August 20 the ad interim appointment of Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac. Committee on Labor, Employment, Social Welfare, and Migrant Workers chairperson Rep. Mercedes Alvarez earlier approved the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Appropriations has deferred deliberations on the proposed 2025 budget of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) following the unavoidable absence of acting...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Rep. Salo's office) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo is calling on all Filipinos in Lebanon to take advantage of the free repatriation being offered amid the rising tensions there. “I urge our kababayans in...
