SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta recently learned first-hand just how handsomely Filipino construction workers in Guam are getting paid. (Alexander Mils/ Unsplash) Marcoleta took part in a fact-finding mission in the United States (US) territory that lasted from Dec. 11 to 15. The mission...
Prospective overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) would definitely prefer Guam as a destination country once they learn what Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has to say about working in the United States (US) territory. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo Salo, chairman of the House Committee on Overseas...
A five-person congressional delegation from the Philippines met with Guam Governor Lourdes Leon Guerrero to discuss the possible hiring of additional 10,000 skilled overeas Filipino workers (OFWs). (Photo from Pangasinan Rep. Rachel Arenas via Facebook) Pangasinan 3rd district Rep. Rachel Arenas,...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo, a solon who works closely with overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), says thousands of skilled construction workers are currently needed in Guam. And the best part is, this United States (US) territory just happens to prefer to hire Filipino workers. (Shivendu Shukla/...
The more "pasalubongs" brought here at home, the better. (Denny Muller/ Unsplash) House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan has moved to increase to $6,000 the aggregate tax-exempt purchase that returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and other balikbayans (returnees) may...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. raised the need to "retrain" and "reskill" overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who wish to come back to the country for good as he pointed out that "micro-credentials" will make workers adaptable and diversely skilled. Malacañang photo Marcos said this in...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva today threw his support behind plans of the Department of Finance (DOF) to launch retail treasury bonds targeted at overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). This, according to Villanueva, is s a great investment opportunity for the OFWs described as the country’s...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. hopes that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will explore local business opportunities and become entrepreneurs to make working abroad a choice instead of a necessity. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy) In his message during Go...
In recognition of their contributions to the country's economic growth, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has awarded P200,000 to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) deemed as "inspiring OFWs" by the non-profit Go Negosyo. First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos (Go Negosyo screenshot) This was...
The country’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will be at the core of Go Negosyo’s activities to celebrate its 17th anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 3. Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo via Facebook) Go Negosyo founder Joey...
The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality is keen on inviting members of the Philippines’ Aviation Security Command (AVSECOM) to shed light on the human trafficking of Filipinos into Myanmar. The matter of inviting members of the AVSECOM to the Senate’s probe...
When Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Yogi Filemon L. Ruiz was informed last month that there were thousands of balikbayan boxes abandoned in their warehouses, he immediately found himself on a trip down memory lane when he was still struggling to fill up one. As an overseas Filipino worker...
