The measure creating the Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL) is set to be sponsored for Senate approval within the week, said Senator Joel Villanueva. The chairperson of the Senate labor committee disclosed on Monday, May 24, that senators have agreed on proposed amendments to the proposal...
Will Canada become a major market for Filipino construction workers in the near future? Toronto, Canada (Photo by Alex Shutin Uhn / Unsplash) The prospect of that is promising, at least according to Rachel Zozobrado Nagayo, the Labor Attaché of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in...
The Philippine government on Thursday placed Gaza under Alert Level 2 as it prepares to evacuate Filipinos who wish to return home due to the escalating conflict between the Israelis and the Hamas militants. The alert level situation in Israel and Gaza Strip issued by the Philippines (Facebook/DFA)...
Some 400 Filipino caregivers will be deployed to Israel before the end of the month despite the ongoing conflict there. POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia answers questions from the media during the May 19, 2021 virtual press briefing. (Screengrab from Facebook live) Philippine Overseas Employment...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents at the Clark International Airport in Pampanga have intercepted another underaged overseas Filipino worker (OFW) bound for Saudi Arabia. Clark International Airport (Photo from the Department of Transportation) This, as BI Commissioner Jaime Morente noted how...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is racing to finish the OFW Hospital and Diagnostic Center--the first ever hospital in the country that's dedicated to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)--before President Rodrigo Duterte steps down from office next year. (Screengrab from DOLE Facebook...
An estimated 30 percent of the Filipino nurses who were displaced from their jobs abroad as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are willing to work in the Philippines temporarily. (Screengrab from DOLE Facebook live) Marianito Roque, former Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)...
A Filipina in Dubai was given a humanitarian award for donating her breast milk to babies who were separated from their mothers due to the coronavirus pandemic. PHOTO FROM CHINIE JANE CHING'S FACEBOOK ACCOUNT/ MANILA BULLETIN Chinie Jane Ching, now known as the "Cow Mama" of the UAE, has been...
A Filipino teacher in China is asking for help after learning that he had been working illegally. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN Aliomar Apad is a registered overseas Filipino worker with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), according to a report from GMA's Balitanghali. Apad, who...
The Senate labor committee wrapped up on Monday, May 10, its deliberation on the proposed creation of the Department for Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL). Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB/Henzberg Austria) Senator Joel Villanueva, committee...
Senators on Monday, May 10, quizzed Cabinet officials on the Duterte administration's push to create a Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL), now supposedly made more urgent by the COVID-19 pandemic. Overseas Filipino workers who were quarantined for weeks wait for flights back to their home...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is moving forward with its planned construction of a dedicated hospital for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) even as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to rage. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE Facebook page)...
