Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III's raw, intial reaction to reports that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) was going to impose vaccine preferences on inbound foreigners--supposedly including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)--was gold. DOLE Secretary Silvestre...
The government may allow overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) to choose their coronavirus vaccines if a certain brand will be required by their employers abroad. A nurse holds two vials of Pfizer coronavirus vaccines that will be distributed at a hospital in Makati City on May 12, 2021. (Ali...
President Duterte on Wednesday, May 26, said he was heartbroken for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have to come back to the Philippines because they lost their jobs abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Chief Executive urged them to come home if needed because the government will look...
Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday, May 26 said she approves the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) plan to shorten the quarantine period for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and returning Filipinos who have been fully vaccinated, verified and cleared by health authorities of coronavirus (COVID-19)...
CEBU CITY – Two Cabinet secretaries are reportedly mulling legal action against Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia for her supposed defiance of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) protocol involving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs). The Cebu governor on Tuesday...
Senator Joel Villanueva said that the creation of the proposed department for migrant workers and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) should optimize government service to Filipinos abroad. Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB/Henzberg Austria) On...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, May 25, appealed to President Duterte, Vaccine Czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., and other concerned officials to consider giving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), including seafarers, the appropriate and acceptable vaccines in their respective...
The situation of several displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Jeddah continues to worsen amid the coronavirus pandemic. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN In a report from GMA News, it has been a month since around 100 OFWs who lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia first sought help from the Philippine...
The total number of overseas Filipinos who were afflicted with COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) since the outbreak began in February last year is now 18,697, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a report Monday. This came after the DFA confirmed that 38 new COVID-19 cases and 31 new...
Five more Filipinos died of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) infections abroad, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a report Friday. Department of Foreign Affairs COVID-19 bulletin (DFA) In its regular COVID-19 bulletin, the DFA also recorded 24 new confirmed cases and 4 new...
An alarming 83 percent of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who returned to the country as a result of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic were found to be still unemployed on an average of three months post-arrival. Returning Overseas Filipino Workers at the NAIA (Ted ALJIBE / AFP /...
The government is amenable to the move of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to temporarily suspend the deployment of Filipino workers to Israel as the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians intensified. OWWA personnel inspect travel documents of passengers arriving at the Ninoy...
