More Filipinos living abroad are choosing digital methods to send money back to the Philippines, with a focus on supporting education as the main reason for these transactions, a Visa report showed. Based on the “Money Travels: 2024 Digital Remittances Adoption Report”, 75 percent of Filipinos...
The Department of Budget and Management has allocated P106 billion to support President Marcos' directive to increase the salaries of government employees. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said that DBM has set aside P36 billion for the current year and an additional P70 billion for the...
More medical professionals will be deployed to Romblon in a bid to address the healthcare situation in the province, President Marcos said. The Department of Health (DOH), Marcos said, is working with the local government of Romblon to improve and modernize its healthcare system. "Ukol naman sa...
Department of Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa (Screengrab from PTV) Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa on Wednesday, July 3, said the government may be able to disburse P27 billion to settle unpaid Covid allowances for health workers across the country by the end of this year. In...
DAVAO CITY – A total of P826.2 million will be set aside for next year for the health emergency allowance (HEA) of the remaining unpaid healthcare and non-healthcare workers who served during the pandemic in the Davao region, a Health official said. Dr. Annabelle P. Yumang, Department of Health...
Flag of Kuwait (Unsplash) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has praised the Kuwait government following its decision to lift the ban on the issuance of entry visas and worker visas to Filipinos. Salo, the erstwhile chairman of the...
Senator Loren Legarda is now pushing for a bill seeking to standardized working conditions for waste workers, citing their critical role in public health and environmental sustainability. In filing Senate Bill No. 22636 or the proposed Magna Carta of Waste Workers Act, Legarda said it is...
MANGALDAN, Pangasinan – The remains of an Overseas Filipino Worker from this town who died in a fire in Manguf, Kuwait on June 12 arrived on Tuesday, June 18. THE remains of OFW Edwin Petilla arrive in his hometown in Pangasinan on June 18. Mayor Bona Fe de Vera Parayno condoled and gave...
BAKU, Azerbaijan – The host country of the 29th Conference of the Parties for Climate Change (COP29) is eyeing energy as well as trade bilateral cooperation with the Philippines, according to the chief foreign policy advisor of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev. In an interview during an official...
Officials of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) shut down the office of High Dreamer Travel and Tours Services, a travel consultancy firm based in Bulacan, for allegedly offering fake jobs in Europe to overseas job seekers. (Photo courtesy of DMW) A Bulacan-based travel consultancy company was...
(Stock photo) The remains of the three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who died in a recent fire that razed a housing facility for foreign workers in Al-Mangaf, Kuwait will be flown back to the Philippines soon, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) assured Friday, June 14. OWWA...
SUBIC, Zambales As the Department of Health (DOH) endeavors to make Filipinos among the “healthiest in Asia” by 2040, it underscored on Thursday, June 13, the urgent need to address the concerns and plight of healthcare workers to ensure they can continue serving their country. Filipino...