When news about the brutal death of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara broke out on Sunday, Jan. 22, some lawmakers and individuals immediately called for a deployment ban to Kuwait in an apparent expression of anger over what she suffered at the hands of the 17-year old son of her...
Filipino workers who have existing contracts or are planning to work in India have been given the greenlight to push through their employment there. This came after the Philippine government resumed the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) there after imposing a ban on it due to the South...
Senators are considering a deployment ban on Filipino domestic helpers to countries practicing the Kafala system--mostly countries in the Middle East--to prevent future abuses of overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) abroad. Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel raised this idea during the plenary...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Newly-appointed Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said all the right things during an early morning interview with DZRH anchor Deo Macalma on July 11. Inclusivity in OFW deployment, dialogues with different labor and labor recruitment groups, support for the government...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has raised an Alert Level 2 status in Sri Lanka, which means no new deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) will be allowed, amid protests brought by economic crisis in the South Asian country. Under Alert Level 2, also called a Restriction Phase, only...
CEBU CITY – This city has deployed additional personnel tasked to monitor the entry of pork shipment in seaports here. Their deployment is part of the continuing efforts to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever (ASF) here, said Dr. Jessica Maribojoc, chief of the local Department of Veterinary...
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). (Photo from Joey Salceda's Facebook)...
A labor official has dismissed the proposal of the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to lift the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in some parts of the Middle East. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Embassy in Beirut/DFA) Labor Attache Alejandro Padaen, of the...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Thursday, April 7, that the deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has remained in effect. DOLE DOLE issued the statement after the circulation of a fake advisory purportedly issued by the Philippine...
Senatorial aspirant Jinggoy Estrada, who is running under the ticket of survey frontrunners presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio, believes the government must aggressively negotiate with countries that still owe Overseas Filipino...
While the ongoing COVID-19 crisis still affects the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the current demand for sea-based workers is almost up to the pre-pandemic levels, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said. (Photo from Unsplash) OWWA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac...
The government's pandemic task force has approved the recommendation to increase the annual deployment ceiling of new-hire healthcare workers to 7,000, Malacañang announced. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement after the Philippine...
