On OFW Family Day, President Marcos paid tribute to the contributions of Filipino migrant workers both to strengthen the country's economy and workforce. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. interacts with overseas Filipino workers during the OFW Family Day held in Pasay City on Dec. 20,...
President Marcos expressed hopes that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) maintain a strong relationship with their families while they are away from them, telling them that the government would help them in doing so. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. interacts with overseas Filipino workers...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs hailed on Saturday, Nov. 25 the release of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Gelienor "Jimmy" Pacheco by the Hamas. Committee chairman, Kabayan...
Senator Cynthia Villar considers the annual Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and Family Summit as her family's way of expressing their gratitude to the OFWs, who have been keeping the economy afloat amid the global crises. Thousands of OFWs and members of their families on Friday, Nov. 10 gathered...
OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino (Facebook) OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino wants to expand the coverage of emergency repatriation funds to further address the emerging needs of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Magsino...
OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino (Facebook) OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa Magsino has reiterated her call to revise the Inter-agency Medical Repatriation Assistance Program (IMRAP) for all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who are in need of help. Magsino did...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar called on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their family members to register for the upcoming 12th OFW and Family Summit on November 10 to be held at The Tent, Vista Global South, C5 Road, Las Piñas City. SEN. CYNTHIA A. VILLAR Villar said...
OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino (Facebook) A member of the House minority bloc is eager to answer Speaker Martin Romualdez's call for the chamber to address the plight of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Middle East as a result of the...
Flag of Jordan (Derek Brumby) OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino has "strongly condemned" the brutal killing of Filipino Mary Grace Santos in Jordan. In a statement Friday night, Oct. 20, Magsino said that the suspect in the killing was a person of...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is continuously working to bring back to the Philippines the remains of the Filipina nurse, who was killed after she chose not to abandon her elderly patient during the Oct. 7 mass attack of Hamas gunmen in Israel. Angelyn Aguirre was among the four overseas...
President Marcos said the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) government is now processing the back wages of over 10,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced after their companies declared bankruptcy in 2015 and 2016. PH-KSA TIES — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets Kingdom of...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Wednesday, October 11 expressed his deep sympathies to the families and loved ones of the two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were killed following the attack of Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel. “The tragic deaths of two OFWs in Israel...