(MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on second reading two measures that aim to strengthen financial safeguards for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Sponsored by Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre, both House Bill (HB) No....
The Villar family paid tribute to the invaluable contributions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the country's economy at the recent 13th OFW and Family Summit. Senator Cynthia Villar and Deputy Speaker Camille Villar hand over the symbolic key to Mylene Chua of Marikina City, an OFW...
OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino (Facebook) In a bid to strengthen policies beneficial to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa “Del Mar” Magsino has filed a House resolution seek a review on the...
Senator Cynthia Villar called on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their family members to register anew for the upcoming 13th OFW and Family Summit. The event will take place on Nov. 8, 2024 at 8:00 a.m . at The Tent, Vista Global South, C5 Extension Road, Las Piñas City. ...
(Fourth from left) Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre with other government officials (Rep. Acidre's office) House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs chairman and Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre, together with government officials,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 32-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was set to return abroad next week was allegedly stabbed to death by her jealous live-in partner in Hacienda Paz, Barangay Canlandog, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Oct. 16. POLICE investigate a stabbing incident involving a...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) House Speaker Martin Romualdez commended President Marcos for strengthening cooperation between the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which he said was integral to the pardon of 143 Filipinos in the...
More than 100 Filipinos were pardoned in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), President Marcos disclosed. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos said he was able to speak with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed on Monday, Oct. 14, to thank him for the...
Some 37 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will arrive in Manila on Monday, Oct. 14, after a series of Israeli airstrikes that caused massive destruction in the country’s southern part prompted President Marcos to order government agencies to “mobilize all resources” to move Filipinos out of...
Government agencies are going after a syndicate recruiting Filipinos to work in offshore gaming operations in Laos, a Cabinet official said. DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac (DMW) Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac disclosed that the DMW, Department of Justice (DOJ),...
(File photo) A total of 213 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Lebanon have secured their travel documents and are set to return home amid escalating tensions following intensified Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah positions, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Friday, Oct. 11. In an...
OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino (Facebook) OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa “Del Mar” Magsino has expressed alarm over the report that 20 Filipino women were reportedly brought by a Philippine agency to Cambodia to become...
