DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) formally turned over 2,954 “balikbayan” (returning Filipino) boxes to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) during a ceremonial turnover on Thursday morning, May 29, at the Terminal Facilities and Service Corp., Port of Davao, Barangay Ilang,...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is urging undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia, particularly domestic workers tagged as “runaways” or “huroob,” to avail themselves of a six-month amnesty that allows them to legalize their status or return home without...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) arrested a Japanese national and his Filipino accomplice at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 for trafficking 13 Filipinos under the pretense of offering factory jobs in Japan. DMW operatives, in coordination with the NAIA Task Force...
LOPEZ, Quezon – Police arrested a 37-year-old man for extorting P200,000 from an Overseas Filipino Worker in exchange for non-disclosure of her alleged affair with another man here on Wednesday afternoon, April 30. Police identified the suspect as Christopher, single. Investigation said...
Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar (Rep. Villar’s office) Administration Senate bet Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar says there is a need to integrate the government agencies' roles with the specific...
The OFW Hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga caters to migrant workers and their families. (Photo: DMW) The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is planning significant improvements to the OFW Hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga as an increasing number of migrant workers and their families make use of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has sought an investigation into the implications of a 17-percent reciprocal tariff imposed on the Philippines by the United States, the country’s largest export market. Gatchalian said it is important for the government to ascertain the potential impact of the...
Senator Raffy Tulfo has called on the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to immediately investigate and resolve the reported suicide incidents among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Hong Kong. Sen. Raffy Tulfo urged the Department of...
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez on Monday, April 21, denied reports that Filipinos are being sent back to the Philippines amid United States President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Philippine Ambassador to Washington Babe Romualdez raises...
Ten more Filipinos were repatriated from Cambodia on Sunday, April 20, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Ten Filipino repatriates arrive in Manila on April 20, 2025 from Oddar Meanchey Province in Cambodia. (Photo courtesy of DFA) The DFA said the Filipinos came from Oddar Meanchey...
Twenty-six Filipinos were repatriated from Oddar Meanchey Province in Cambodia on Wednesday, April 16, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Repatriated Filipinos arrive in the Philippines from Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia on April 16, 2025. (Photo courtesy of DFA) Although the DFA did not...
Former DILG secretary Benhur Abalos (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The "outdated, inefficient, and unnecessarily burdensome" Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) and contract verification processes must be overhauled. Thus, said Alyansa...