DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac tallks with two of the 176 Filipinos who were rescued from various online scamming hubs in Myanmar after their arrival at th NAIA Terminal 1 on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (photo: DMW) A total of 176 Filipino victims of human trafficking arrived on Wednesday,...
Government officials led by DMW Undersecretary Bernard Olalia and DFA Undersecretary Eduardo De Vega, meet with 30 Filipino human trafficking victims as soon as they arrived at the NAIA Terminal 1 on Tuesday, March 25. (photo: DMW) The Philippine government has repatriated 30 Filipinos who...
At least 131 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are expected to arrive this week as part of the ongoing repatriation program for migrant workers who want to go home to escape the armed conflict in Lebanon, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Monday, Feb. 10. Based on the repatriation...
Carrying out a "symbolic partial repatriation" of illegal Filipino residents in the United States, replicating the move of the Indian government, might preemptively appease the looming immigration issues Filipinos might face under the Trump administration. Manila Bulletin File Photo Asian Center of...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday, Jan. 16, that it is working together with the Philippine Embassy in Vienna to repatriate the remains of Marvil Facturan Kocjančič, a Filipina who was allegedly stabbed to death by her Slovenian husband. (Mitja Kocjančič and Marvil...
Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina who was on death row inmate in Indonesia, is expected to return to the Philippines within this week as Manila and Jakarta signed the transfer agreement regarding her case. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega made the announcement...
A total of 75 Filipinos arrived from Lebanon on Sunday, Nov. 24, the 91 st batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) repatriated from the conflict-torn Middle East country since last year according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac assured that all the...
(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,...
photo: DMW At least 290 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their dependents from Lebanon boarded a flight that was arranged by 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...
President Marcos said the government is working with different agencies to craft a plan to repatriate more than 400 Filipinos who are willing to return home amid the ongoing conflict in Lebanon. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (PCO) Marcos said this in an interview on the sidelines of the...
Despite the ongoing events for the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Laos, President Marcos has convened a Zoom meeting with relevant government agencies and directed them to mobilize resources for the safe and timely repatriation of Filipinos affected by the crisis in the Middle...
