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House Ways and Means Chair Rep. Joey Salceda told incoming Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma to lift the deployment ban on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday said he is ready to work together with the incoming leadership that will head the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).

A vocal advocate for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), Susan “Toots” Ople, has been nominated by presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to lead the newly-established Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).

Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has lauded presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.’s decision to offer to Susan “Toots” Ople to head the newly created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) advocate Susan “Toots” Ople will be good for the relatively new Department of Migrant Workers, a foreign affairs official said.

The Cabinet position to lead the newly-formed Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) was offered to Susan “Toots” Ople–a known advocate of overseas Filipino workers’ (OFWs) rights–by presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

Re-electionist Senator Joel Villanueva on Friday, April 29 cautioned the Transition Committee establishing the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in making the next steps to fully constitute the agency orderly but expediently.

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday urged President Duterte to end the confusion caused by the appointment of his former adviser Abdullah Mama-o, as secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers, which has yet to be constituted.

Independent presidential candidate Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ M. Lacson has guaranteed that the new Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Act, which seeks to protect overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), would be properly implemented under his administration to prevent past cases of neglect and abuse from government agencies in charge of looking after their sector.

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday expressed his disappointment at newly-appointed Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Abdulla Mama-o over what he said is his erroneous interpretation of Republic Act No. 11641 to serve his own interest.

Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) vice presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte is eyeing the immediate operationalization of the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers.

Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis “LRay” Villafuerte has called on recently-appointed Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Abdullah Mama-o to focus the body’s efforts on offering legal assistance and welfare to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and on targeting illegal recruiters.

The establishment of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is a gift to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) made possible through the hard work and determination not only of its proponents but also of every Filipino migrant workers, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday, March 17 said.

Malacanang last week announced the appointment of Abdullah Derupong Mama-o as the new secretary of the newly created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). A law practitioner, labor lawyer, and assemblyman, Mama-o was, most recently, the presidential adviser on overseas Filipino worker (OFW) concerns.

President Duterte has appointed Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Abdullah Mama-o as the first secretary of the newly created Department of Migrant Workers (DOMW), Malacañang announced.

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday, March 4 urged the government to ensure that there would be no disruptions in the delivery of government services to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) amid the transition period for the establishment of Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).

Partido Reporma presidential candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson guarantees that no corruption and other government abuses would happen under the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers once he and running mate Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III gain the people’s mandate following the May 9 elections

Alice Visperas, Officer-In-Charge – Assistant Secretary of the Overseas Operations and Adjudication Cluster, will lead the discussion on the creation of the Department of Migrant Workers in the top-rating show “Oh My Job!” this Saturday, Feb. 12.