The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said Friday, Nov. 8, that 248 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will be repatriated amid increasing hostilities in Lebanon. DMW Sec. Hans Leo Cacdac said most of them are just awaiting clearance from the Lebanese immigration before they are allowed to travel....
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon's northeastern farming villages on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. In central Gaza, Palestinians recovered the bodies of 25 people killed in a barrage of...
(Fourth from left) Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre with other government officials (Rep. Acidre's office) House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs chairman and Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre, together with government officials,...
photo: DMW At least 290 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their dependents from Lebanon boarded a flight that was arranged by the...
The Philippines said on Thursday, Oct. 17, that it condemns any actions that endanger the lives of United Nations peacekeepers. The country's statement came following a report from United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) that Israeli forces fired at their peacekeepers'...
Some 37 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will arrive in Manila on Monday, Oct. 14, after a series of Israeli airstrikes that caused massive destruction in the country’s southern part prompted President Marcos to order government agencies to “mobilize all resources” to move Filipinos out of...
(File photo) A total of 213 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Lebanon have secured their travel documents and are set to return home amid escalating tensions following intensified Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah positions, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Friday, Oct. 11. In an...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A P150,000 cash assistance awaits each overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who will return home from Lebanon--even temporarily--as a result of the ongoing violence...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Wednesday, Oct. 9, expressed its commitment and preparedness to assist Lebanon in the wake of deadly airstrikes that have displaced approximately 1.2 million individuals. (Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) "We see in the news the devastating impact of the...
The Philippines has called on Israel to avoid civilian targets in Lebanon and not to attack the airport as the government started its efforts to fly home Filipinos there. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega urged the Israeli government on Wednesday, Oct. 9, to...
Israel has assured the safety of foreign civilians, including of Filipinos, there and in other parts of the Middle East as Tel Aviv continues to fight threats from rebel groups Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthi as well as from Iran, which are now spiraling into a regional tension. Israeli Ambassador to...
President Marcos has urged Filipinos in Lebanon and Israel to return to the country while flights are still available amid the tensions in the Middle East. "We hope that you will avail yourselves of our repatriation program while flights are available," Marcos told Filipinos in Lebanon and Israel...
