OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Every OFW yearns to have his or her own dream house for comfortable and blissful retirement upon returning home for good one day after long years of toiling abroad away from loved ones. This narrative never changes whether an OFW is work ing in Hong Kong, Singapore,...
Philippine Ambassador to Singapore Joseph Del Mar Yap explained what went down with the spoiled ballot incident during the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) absentee voting in Singapore. Workers check the printed official ballots to be used for the upcoming 2022 National and Local Elections at the...
Bayan Muna Party-list is seeking a probe into the recently-begun absentee voting process for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) through the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms. An overseas Filipino in Bangladesh is among the early nationals to cast votes for the May 2022 national...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion The answer to this question is certainly awaited with bated breath by many in next month’s national election more than any other poll in recent years. Although Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. continues to maintain a formidable double-digit lead, based on surveys, over Vice...
No excuses. No laziness. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (File photo/Malacañang) This was how Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. wants his department to act on the case of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who has been reported missing since December 2021. Locsin has...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Saturday, April 9 echoed President Duterte’s wish for the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Center to be replicated in major cities to serve as a one-stop shop catering to the needs of the country’s modern-day heroes. Go, chairman of the Senate Health and...
As part of efforts to recognize the contribution of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) to the country's economy, a new OFW Center is set to be built in Las Piñas City to serve as a one-stop shop that caters to the needs of the so-called modern-day heroes. Overseas Filipino workers (OFW) returning...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Several groups are now earnestly campaigning in social media to get party list seats in Congress in the upcoming May 2022 polls. Their principal objective is clear: get a party list slate so their top representatives get to become members of the House of Representatives. Of...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) are now preparing for the opening of the country’s first hospital for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). In a Facebook post on April 1, DOLE announced that it has recently met with PGH doctors and Overseas...
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) vice presidential bet Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte extolled overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) during UniTeam's Miiting de Avance with the sector on Friday night, April 1. Sara Duterte at the UniTeam miting de avance with OFWs (LAKAS-CMD MEDIA) "Sa aking...
Presidential bet Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is hopeful that his UniTeam alliance will dominate the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) vote in the May 2022 polls. The UniTeam ticket at the Miting De Avance with OFWs (LAKAS-CMD MEDIA) Reporters had an ambush interview wirh Marcos after a...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Hundreds of thousands of OFWs, including those who voted for President Duterte in 2016, are likely to be very much dejected when he steps down from office at end-June this year. Why so? Because he will leave behind a certain high-profile legacies aimed at OFWs which are...
