The government will continue to deploy overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Israel despite the country's announcement that it would ban the entry of all foreign visitors amid the threats brought by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Philippine Overseas...
Close to 60 stranded overseas Filipinos in the Kingdom of Bahrain were recently sent back home, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday, Dec. 1. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) Five wards of the shelter of the Philippine Embassy in the foreign country, 10 Filipino detainees, and a...
The number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have returned home and since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has breached the 800,000 mark, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Citing records from the Overseas Workers Welfare...
Employment opportunities await overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the pandemic in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following the reopening of the economy in the Middle Eastern country, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported. (FILE PHOTO) Labor Attaché John Rio Bautista...
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) can now get their booster shots against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) if they are going to be deployed abroad soon, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Saturday, Nov. 20. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Galvez, who also serves as the chief implementer of the...
In time for the Christmas season, the government has further cut the quarantine period for fully vaccinated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who will return to the Philippines including those arriving from countries under the “yellow list,” the Department of Tourism (DOT) confirmed Friday, Nov....
Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has expressed optimism that the national government would soon grant the private sector’s appeals to reduce the quarantine period for returning Filipino immigrants, their families, and overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) to just two days....
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) have launched a one-stop shop hub in Bohol-Panglao International Airport to assist returning overseas Filipino workers and arriving international travelers. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Overseas...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos, vice chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI) , cited the sacrifices and valuable contribution of overseas Filipino workers to the country’s economy. Bishop Ruperto Santos...
It has been a part of the Filipino culture to come home, reunite, and warmly celebrate Christmas together. But as times have changed, many overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have to spend the holidays miles away from home. While OFWs are from different countries and professions, their hearts beat the...
A multilateral approach in protecting migrant workers in the Southeast Asian region is needed to improve labor migration, a foreign affairs executive stressed. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Enrico T....
The mandatory evacuation for overseas Filipinos in Ethiopia has been enforced due to the "continued and intensifying conflict in the country". (Jansen Romero / File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This took effect after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday, Nov. 11, raised the alert level...
