The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Office 1 conferred the "Madaydayaw (Honorable)" award to the Department of the Interior and Local Government-Region 1 (DILG-Region 1) for the latter's assistance to the "Hatid-Sundo" program. DILG logo Headed by Director Julie J. Daquioag,...
GENERAL SANTOS -- The family of a Filipino domestic helper who reportedly committed suicide in Dubai has cried foul over victim’s death. Relatives of Shona Bacalso Capacio, 45, doubted the report of Dubai police that the victim committed suicide by jumping off a residential building of her...
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)...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion While many overseas Filipinos or OFWs are hopeful that their general welfare will be significantly improved and uplifted by the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), some prominent OFW rights advocates are skeptical. Saudi Arabia-based Eli Mua is among them....
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion How to serve millions of OFW constituents literally spread across the whole wide world, including remote parts of Africa, South America and Central Asia, makes the job portfolio of Ms. Toots Ople, newly-appointed secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers, one of the...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced the suspension of the 2022 Special Professional Licensure Examination (SPLEs) for overseas Filipino workers in various countries in the Middle East and Singapore due to “global uncertainties” caused by Covid-19. (PRC / Manila Bulletin) “...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Among overseas Filipinos, Saudi Arabia-based Eli Mua is probably one of the most ardent and dedicated OFW welfare advocates. Through his nearly daily Facebook posts and frequent liaisons with different OFW groups in the Middle East and in the Philippines he has strongly...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Will 1.7 million registered overseas voters matter at all in the 2022 national elections with total registered voters of over 67 million? At first glance, it appears that overseas votes are inconsequential and almost irrelevant to the outcome of one of the most...
President Duterte bared that he might come up with a decision by Monday, May 2, on whether or not the operations of online sabong will be allowed in the country. President Duterte (Screengrab from RTVM livestream) "It's up for my signature," Duterte said during a site inspection of the Overseas...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Every OFW yearns to have his or her own dream house for comfortable and blissful retirement upon returning home for good one day after long years of toiling abroad away from loved ones. This narrative never changes whether an OFW is work ing in Hong Kong, Singapore,...
Philippine Ambassador to Singapore Joseph Del Mar Yap explained what went down with the spoiled ballot incident during the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) absentee voting in Singapore. Workers check the printed official ballots to be used for the upcoming 2022 National and Local Elections at the...
Bayan Muna Party-list is seeking a probe into the recently-begun absentee voting process for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) through the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms. An overseas Filipino in Bangladesh is among the early nationals to cast votes for the May 2022 national...
