An ad on a London bus featuring a Filipina-British nurse, which came out during King Charles III's coronation last week, is part of the country's branding campaign showcasing the Filipinios' outstanding traits and talents, and was not intended to promote tourism, a Palace official said. Photo from...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Friday, May 12, urged overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were affected by Kuwait’s visa suspension to coordinate with the agency so it can extend the necessary assistance to them. (File photo via Manila Bulletin) The DMW said that the Department of...
Proud kakampink and P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon is daring administration loyalists abroad to essentially leave their jobs and return to the Philippines. This, as Guanzon challenged via sarcasm the notion that life in the country under the present administration is now "good". "I dare...
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople has stressed the need to establish a humanitarian corridor in Sudan to safely and promptly evacuate affected Filipinos. She welcomed the news that the United Nations "will be stepping in soon" amid calls for the UN to establish a...
WASHINGTON, D.C .—Some employers in the United States and Saudi Arabia have signified their intention to hire overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the ongoing hostilities in Sudan. (Photo courtesy of OWWA) Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople said in a press briefing on Wednesday, May...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) As its way of thanking overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) for their contributions to the Philippines, Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed that the House of Representatives would continue to work closely with the Marcos administration toward its "vision...
Through the strenuous efforts of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), some 300 more Filipino workers in Sudan gained passage to Egypt amid the raging conflict between army and paramilitary forces. Seventeen have returned to the Philippines as hundreds...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – An overseas Filipino worker from Impasug-ong town in Bukidnon province has requested repatriation from war-torn Sudan. SEVENTEEN repatriated OFWs from Sudan arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on April 29. (OWWA photo) Overseas Workers Welfare...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) House Speaker Martin Romualdez is worried that families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are finding it a challenge to have their subscriber identity module or SIM cards registered. “I suspect that OFW families in the provinces are finding it difficult to...
Nope, it’s not what you think it is. Not the “I do” type of thing that is usually accompanied by the lady showing off the rock in the second finger of her left hand. I am talking about employment. With Labor Day just 10 days away, calls to mind our overseas workers, particularly those in the...
Flag of China (Unsplash) Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, April 18, brushed off the clarification of controversial Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian that his statement on the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan was misquoted. Hontiveros had earlier advised Malacañang to ask Beijing to...
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Despite heightened tensions arising from recent military drills of the Chinese armed forces at the Taiwan Strait, it’s business as usual in this nation of 23.9 million people, including more than 150,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Most of the OFWs are concentrated in...
