The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) are moving to establish an electronic Business One-Stop Shop (eBOSS) to ensure digital accessibility to processes required by the government to Filipinos applying for work overseas. *DMW Secretary Maria Susana Ople...
Is the meaning of “public service” already forgotten and lost in translation? Yes, so it seems, if we are to refer to the actions of government workers who stood “high and mighty” when dealing with ordinary Filipinos. Based on recent events, recorded via video and viral online, personnel...
Professor Clarita Carlos couldn't help but express frustration on Monday, April 3 over the huge disparity in pay between the country’s "finance officials" and health workers. In a Facebook post, the former national security adviser said: "That reportedly, some finance officials earn P42M p.a. (per...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) continues to coordinate with the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) as the latter started assuming some of its roles following its establishment. DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo on Tuesday hosted a working luncheon at the agency's headquarters for DMW Sec. Susan...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Sunday, February 26, urged the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to allow elected officials and their staff to continue remitting voluntary contributions equivalent to 15 years so they can also qualify for a pension...
Of approximately two million OFWs deployed to different countries, more than half are women—here’s a bittersweet story from one of them By: Jelica R. Enriquez I was excited to come home. These were my first thoughts when I boarded the plane on my return flight to Manila. The thrill of traveling...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has promulgated the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) granting night shift differential pay to government employees. Commuters wait for their ride along Riverside, Commonwealth Avenue, on June 7, 2022. This is the same situation in many parts of Metro...
Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar warned the public not to transact with unscrupulous individuals reportedly recruiting social workers for deployment abroad. Aguilar came out with the warning after the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) was able to get a copy of fake “payment...
Japan is opening more job opportunities to Filipino skilled workers, Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan "Toots" Ople disclosed on Thursday, Feb. 9. Ople's announcement came after meeting representatives from more than 80 Japanese employers, whom she said, have expressed interest in...
Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has put to task the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to look into reports that some recruitment agencies are owned by foreign nationals. Estrada pointed out foreign ownership of placement agencies is a matter prohibited in the licensing and regulation rules of...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Undersecretary Maria Anthonette Velasco-Allones said Wednesday, February 8, that DMW Secretary Susan Ople is considering banning the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) to Kuwait pending talks on how to protect OFWs in that Middle East country. While...
Local farmers and livestock workers will soon benefit from the sustainable corn development program to be launched by the Department of Agriculture (DA) as part of the government's food security commitment. Corn (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) In a bid to ensure sufficient food grains, the agriculture...