Local manning agencies are now required to implement the right to refuse sailing of the Filipino seafarers they would deploy after the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has issued an order that provided guidelines in support of the declaration of Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden as “high-risk...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has committed to assist widows, heirs and other family members of the deceased overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were affected when their Saudi Arabia employers declared bankruptcy between 2015 to 2016. In a statement, the DMW said it has already...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) will tap social media and other means of communications to protect the rights of Filipino seafarers to refuse sailing in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, which it said, must be declared as war-like zone following the series of missile attacks of...
DMW officer-in-charge Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac leads the closure of a travel agency in Cubao, Quezon City on Monday, March 18, 2024, for allegedly engaging in illegal recruitment of Filipinos who seek jobs in Poland. (photo: DMW) A tip-off from the Filipino community in Poland...
At least 63 Filipinos will be repatriated from Haiti amid the ongoing conflict in the Caribbean country due to violent gang activities, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said. In a statement, the DMW said it has coordinated with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), which in...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is hoping to recover the remains of two Filipino seafarers in the soonest possible time after the ship that was attacked by the Houthi rebels at the Gulf of Aden was already recovered. DMW Undersecretary Bernard Olalia said the bulk carrier True Confidence is...
After hospital confinement abroad, the two remaining Filipino crewmen of a ship that was hit by a missile in Gulf of Aden were repatriated back to the Philippines, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Thursday, March 14. In a statement, the DMW said the two crewmen, who suffered serious...
The Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs (DFA-OUMWA) will officially be renamed Office of the Undersecretary for Migration Affairs to focus on policy and non-migrant workers affairs, and end its overlapping mandate with the Department of...
Eleven Filipino seafarers, who were on board a ship when it was struck by a Houthi missile, are expected to return to the country on Tuesday, March 12, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said. DMW officer-in-charge Undersecretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac said the Department of Foreign Affairs...
M/V True Confidence (Courtesy of United States Central Command / Facebook) The government is striving hard to retrieve the remains of two Filipino seafarers who died aboard cargo vessel “M/V True Confidence” that was struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile launched by Yemen-based Houthi rebels...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has assured the families of the slain and wounded Filipino seafarers from the Houthi rebel attack in the Gulf of Aden that the Marcos administration will...
Two Filipino seafarers died in the most recent missile attack by Houthi rebels on ships plying the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed on Thursday, March 7. The two Filipinos were among the three seafarers killed when the Greek-flagged vessel True...
