The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said Friday, Nov. 8, that 248 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will be repatriated amid increasing hostilities in Lebanon. DMW Sec. Hans Leo Cacdac said most of them are just awaiting clearance from the Lebanese immigration before they are allowed to travel....
DMW SEcretary Hans Leo Cacdac (File photo) The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) reiterated its call for licensed manning agencies (LMAs) and shipowners to prioritize the safety and security of Filipino seafarers by rerouting their vessels away from high-risk areas, particularly the Red Sea...
Government agencies are going after a syndicate recruiting Filipinos to work in offshore gaming operations in Laos, a Cabinet official said. DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac (DMW) Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac disclosed that the DMW, Department of Justice (DOJ),...
(File photo) A total of 213 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Lebanon have secured their travel documents and are set to return home amid escalating tensions following intensified Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah positions, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Friday, Oct. 11. In an...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac says he intends to increase the agency’s ongoing efforts to encourage overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are currently undocumented to go through the legal...
The Commission on Appointments has approved on Tuesday, August 20 the ad interim appointment of Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac. Committee on Labor, Employment, Social Welfare, and Migrant Workers chairperson Rep. Mercedes Alvarez earlier approved the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Appropriations has deferred deliberations on the proposed 2025 budget of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) following the unavoidable absence of acting...
The Philippines stands ready to repatriate overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the escalating tension in Lebanon, whether they are documented or undocumented. "[H]opefully, again, the situation doesn’t get worse but in case, the there is a call to be repatriated, then as I said,...
DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac (DMW) The Commission on Appointments (CA) is set to resume consideration of the ad interim appointment of Hans Leo Cacdac as secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Sec. Hans Leo Cacdac (File photo) More than P1 billion in unpaid salary claims have already been received by displaced Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said additional payouts will be made "within the...
Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac (File photo) Twenty-seven Filipino seafarers escaped unscathed after Houthi forces in Yemen reportedly attacked a bulk cargo carrier in the Red Sea, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed on Monday, June 24. DMW Secretary Hans Leo...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac The Commission on Appointments (CA) received the new appointment papers of Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac, who was bypassed by the panel last...
