The Manila city government and the Department of Migrant Workers–National Capital Region (DMW‑NCR) signed an agreement on Aug. 26 to provide jobs and livelihood aid to returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso joined officials from the DMW,...
Kim Chiu learned early that being blessed also meant having the responsibility to share those blessings. She became her family’s breadwinner at a young age, taking on the role without anyone telling her she had to. “I think natural sa pagiging Filipino na tumulong sa pamilya. Ako, I was young...
The Muntinlupa City government has sought the help of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in rescuing a resident who fell victim to human trafficking in Myanmar and is appealing to return home. Mayor Ruffy Biazon said he watched a video of the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) describing how he...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan — Around 150 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East have been able to return to Cagayan Valley amid the escalating conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel, which has also affected several Gulf countries. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration...
For generations of Filipinos, “Babalik Ka Rin” has been more than a Gary Valenciano hit. The song has become closely associated with the lives of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families, capturing the longing, sacrifice and hope that come with leaving home to build a better life....
Six Filipino seafarers have returned to Manila after enduring weeks aboard a crippled oil carrier targeted by aerial explosives in the Black Sea, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Saturday, Aug. 8. The six seafarers arrived in Manila on Friday, Aug. 7, after safely disembarking from...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of Isabela in Negros Occidental is coordinating with concerned government agencies for the repatriation of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) allegedly abused in Saudi Arabia. Mayor Miguel Yulo, in a media interview, announced that one of his constituents, who...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac met with more than 200 Filipino workers at VARD Shipyards Romania S.A. on August 4, to personally check on their welfare and convey the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s appreciation for their valuable...
Inside a packed subway in Rome, a tense confrontation spiraled into a physical clash, one that would soon go viral and turn a Filipino worker into an unlikely figure in the city’s fight against pickpockets. Mervin Dayagro, 45, a factory worker from Dasmariñas, Cavite, did not set out to become...
A 31-year-old man who allegedly posed as a Taiwanese national and scammed a woman of ₱3 million was arrested after an AirTag in her handbag led police to his residence in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City, early Thursday, July 23. The suspect, identified only as alias “Mic,” allegedly contacted...
DAGUPAN CITY – An Overseas Filipino Worker on Sunday sought justice for her son who was shot dead in Barangay Barang, Malasiqui, Pangasinan on Saturday afternoon. “Tulungan ninyo kami (Help us),” Cherry Belo appealed after her eldest son Harryvel was murdered by two unidentified gunmen at...
The 24-year-old son of an Overseas Filipino Worker in Malaysia was shot dead in Barangay Barang, Malasiqui, Pangasinan, on Saturday afternoon, July 25. The 47-year-old OFW aired a frantic appeal for help from authorities following the incident. She said she received the heartbreaking news from one...
