President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has given the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) the directive to coordinate with other government agencies about the possibility of creating a “wing” for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in select hospitals in the Philippines. Secretary Maria...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) will propose a medical scholarship program that would be partially funded by countries that are sourcing their health care workers from the Philippines next week. Healthcare workers DMW Secretary Maria Susana “Toots” Ople disclosed this after senators...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is now on “high alert” for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who might be caught up in the tensions in Taiwan and Russia. Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Maria Susana "Toots" Ople (Senate PRIB Photo) DMW Secretary Maria Susana “Toots” Ople...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the newly-formed Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) are back to business even though the nomination of their respective secretaries was bypassed by the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA). DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan (Photo: DPWH) DMW...
Department Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople on Friday, Sept. 23, lauded the House of Representatives for the swift approval of the department’s proposed budget for 2023 amounting to P15.2 billion. Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople (Photo by DMW) Ople also thanked...
Displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) claiming unpaid wages from the Saudi Arabian government are still unable to get certain answers for their dues. OFWs at NAIA. (File photo) Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople, however, said they are still negotiating with the Saudi...
Nine proposed measures that seek to protect the rights and welfare of Filipino seafarers are up for deliberations in Congress, Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo said. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statemenr on Sunday, Sept. 11, the lawmaker said that nine bills on the proposed...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople said that she offered a new bilateral labor agreement to the government of Saudi Arabia as she tries to embark on a"fresh start" with the Middle Eastern country instead of hurrying the lifting of the deployment ban there. DMW Sec. Susan Ople...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople vowed to work harder in the service of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) following the approval of nearly P27 billion combined budget for them and its pivotal attached agency, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), in 2023. (Photo...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas isn’t sure if the P1.2-billion allocation to the Department of Migrant Workers’ (DMW) Aksyon Fund is enough to support the needs of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). OFWs returning from Ukraine (DFA PHOTO) During the House Committee on...
The chairperson of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs is incensed over the reported gang rape of a 13-year-old daughter of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Singapore. (Charles Deluvio/ Unsplash) “A different kind of trauma engulfs a migrant worker’s family faced with this...
SINGAPORE Malacañang said the new Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is now looking for solutions to address the concerns of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Singapore while reassuring them that their families in the Philippines will be taken care of. Filipinos in Singapore queueing up to...
