Submitted by Wilbert Quilarto It was the "unforeseen" that has drawn new light to how we create opportunities in life. The unprecedented time of pandemic was a predicament by itself, but it paved the way for greater possibilities for me. It started last July 2020 in Sta Barbara, Iloilo when I, a...
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...
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 Filipinos here in Singapore aired their appeal to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to help them live more comfortable lives and to lessen their "suffering" whenever they return to the Philippines. Narcisa Lim and Nerissa dela Torre are two Filipinos in Singapore who are...
Easy Franchise, Philippines' first go-to tech platform for franchising is bringing back the first and only franchise sale in the Philippines to show its commitment to helping aspiring Filipino entrepreneurs own franchises from halfway across the world. The annual “Franchise Day” happens on...
Senator Cynthia Villar has filed Senate Bill (SB) 1014, or the "Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Remittance Protection Act", for the purpose of protecting the money remittances of Filipino migrant workers. Villar, a known advocate of OFWs, has been crafting measures to ensure the protection and...
A House leader wants to institutionalize in the 19th Congress a 50 percent reduction on the fee imposed on overseas Filipino workers' (OFWs) money remittances. OFWs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) This benefit is the main feature of House Bill (HB) No. 185,...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion In spite of the massive financial contribution of overseas Filipinos to the country’s economy, this incontrovertible fact is seldom acknowledged in major speeches. The magnitude of their contribution is amply shown in key statistics in 2021. Their total US$31.4 billion...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion More often than not, overseas Filipinos are in a much better position than their local counterparts to acquire their dream house while earning double or even quadruple what they used to earn back home. Remy M., 45, a single mother of three, and who now works as a domestic...
Four-term Senator Loren Legarda is pushing for the protection of Overseas Filipino Workers' (OFW) money remittances. “The money remitted by OFWs to their beneficiaries in the Philippines goes through intermediaries or financial institutions. In the course of transfer, the amount supposedly...
A Filipino domestic helper in Singapore, who reportedly pleaded guilty for threatening to leak explicit photos of her male employer, will serve her jail time there before facing deportation, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday, July 20. "She will serve her sentence at Changi Prison,"...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Newly-appointed Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said all the right things during an early morning interview with DZRH anchor Deo Macalma on July 11. Inclusivity in OFW deployment, dialogues with different labor and labor recruitment groups, support for the government...
