Former Vice President and senatorial aspriant Jejomar Binay called on the national government to immediately help Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in their host countries. Binay aired the appeal on Sunday, Feb. 20, following media reports of Filipino...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Strategies and measures that the government now uses to bring home Filipinos in war-torn countries, including those in Ukraine that Russia may attack soon, border on laughable and absurd. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay’s remarks to the media last week sums...
If elected, aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo will enter into more bilateral labor agreements with other countries for the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) During the virtual launch of the Solid Leni-Kiko Global on Friday,...
ILOILO CITY — Micro-entrepreneurs and displaced Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Iloilo province are now able to avail of soft loans to jumpstart their livelihoods that have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Led by Governor Arthur Defensor Jr., the Iloilo Provincial Trade,...
Reelectionist Senator Risa Hontiveros called on the government to provide necessary livelihood assistance to overseas Filipino workers who will be coming back from Ukraine amid the rising tensions in the foreign country. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Photo courtesy of LENI-KIKO 2022) Hontiveros directed...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Returning home for good from overseas and finding a steady replacement income need not be a Mission Impossible. While work abroad often entails a monthly salary substantially higher than what’s available back home, returning home need not always mean dire economic...
The Philippine Embassy in Amman, Jordan has reminded the Association of Jordanian Recruitment Agencies (AJRA) to ensure that mechanisms are in place to protect and promote the rights of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Photo from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Philippine Ambassador to...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion After working in Hong Kong for over 20 years, partners Anette and Lito are both anxious and excited to go back home for good. “We’ve identified projects that we believe offer bright prospects of success,” says Anette. Just like them, tens and even hundreds of...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday vowed to pursue programs aimed at helping improve the plight of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families once she wins a fresh term in the Senate in the upcoming May 2022 elections. In particular, De Lima said she will seek to establish programs...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno I am calling on all overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and Filipino returnees who test positive for COVID-19 upon their arrival in the country to take advantage of the Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital (MCFH) located at the Luneta grounds as an alternative to...
More than 450,000 overseas Filipinos have been repatriated from various countries since the government started bringing back distressed Filipinos abroad due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in 2020. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced on Tuesday, Jan. 18, that overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and Returning Overseas Filipino (ROFs) who will test positive for COVID-19 upon their arrival in the country are welcome to stay at the Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital (MCFH). Mayor...
