OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Clamor from overseas workers is growing for the establishment of a dedicated Department of OFW) which will to attend to the needs of improving the working conditions OFWs in view of persistent problems, notably physical abuses that OFWs suffer in different parts of the...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) extended assistance to the family of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) so they could bring home the remains of their loved one who died of cardiac arrest early this month. Philippine Red Cross helps bring home the remains of an OFW who died in Dubai early this month....
Here's proof that some countries simply can't afford to not have overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). (Photo Silas Baisch / Unsplash) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III is meeting with his counterpart from the Sultanate of Oman Friday night June 18 to find a...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Assistant Secretary Dominique Rubia-Tutay gave some advice to jobless Filipinos on Wednesday, June 9 amid the increase in unemployment rate in the country. (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) "Ang nakakalungkot po, may mga nakikita po ako at nakakasalamuha na...
The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has confirmed that an overseas Filipino worker was found dead in a hotel in Haradh, an industrial city located in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia. Philippine Embassy in Saudi Arabia (PE Riyadh website) In a statement posted on its website Tuesday night, the Embassy...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Nearly 450,000 overseas Filipinos (OFs), mostly from the Middle East, have returned home as of February this year after losing their jobs abroad due to COVID-19, according to Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) officials. They expect the number to increase further --...
Vaccination from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) isn't a requirement for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for Singapore. (Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN) This was relayed to the public by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Sunday, June 6, after it received such assurance from...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III is supremely confident that Filipino seafarers' chances of employment will remain high amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) "It's high time that we...
There’s more to farming than providing people with food and other necessities. To some, it’s an efficient way to connect with their roots, especially if farming has been an integral part of their childhood. Joy Tenizo, a former OFW turned housewife, found herself connecting with her Filipino...
President Duterte has certified as urgent the Senate Bill creating the Department of Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos (DMWOF) that aims to oversee all policies protecting the welfare of Filipinos abroad. Some of the stranded OFWs at NAIA on Friday morning, May 28, 2021. (Ariel Fernandez /...
Who says Philippine labor officials in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) haven't been doing anything against erring recruitment agencies and abusive employers? Masjid Nabawi, Medina, KSA (Photo by Adli Wahid / Unsplash) The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported Sunday, May 30 that a...
It's just temporary. Such was the assurance repeatedy given to the public Friday, May 28 by Philippine labor officials after hundreds of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) were prevented from boarding their flights following the sudden suspension of the...
