The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed the death of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Kuwait. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) According to the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait, the migrant worker was found dead inside her room on March 14. Authorities ruled it as a suicide. The...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Taking advantage of people desperate to take up high-paying jobs abroad is as easy as grabbing a piece of candy or lollipop from a one-year- old child and simply walking away. It doesn’t really take much to lure people keen to escape the hardships of carving a living in...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Numerous OFWs are overjoyed whenever they are addressed by this seemingly magical phrase – modern heroes of the land. And they are driven into a mass hysteria and frenzy if they are fed key phrases apparently aimed to give them a euphoric high not necessarily fueled by...
Senator Joel Villanueva suggested that the national government should better utilize the skills of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have returned since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sen. Joel Villanueva (Photo from Joel Villanueva FB page) According to the Philippine Statistics Authority...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Distressed OFWs are often a pathetic and heart-rending lot. Seriously maltreated OFWs in Saudi Arabia, Qatar or Jordan can’t end immediately their misery and go back home even if some have reached their breaking point. More often than not, they suffer for months before...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD There's an amusing story about a young man who was constantly bedeviled by sensual thoughts. Feeling guilty, he consulted a priest-friend. "Don't worry," the priest assured him, "these thoughts popped out in our minds. They're not sinful but only enticements. But...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday, March 3 called on the government anew to improve the healthcare services for Filipino migrant workers, many of whom are exposed to working conditions that put them at higher risk for certain medical issues. Go, chairman of the Senate health committee,...
Thirteen more Filipino, including a child, arrived in the country on Tuesday night, Mar. 1, after days of struggles to get out alive from Ukraine amid the bombings and intense fighting following Russian's decision to invade the country. Cherry Baldoza, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was in...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) brought home 11,423 Filipinos from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, India, Vietnam, Lebanon, and Bahrain via Bayanihan and other chartered flights mounted with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) since July 2021. From Dubai alone, CEB brought home 8,750 Filipinos at the end of the...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion The pathetic plight of Filipinos caught and still trapped in war-torn Ukraine is by no means the first time for overseas Filipinos to find themselves in civil wars abroad. Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, name any other strife-torn part of the world, and chances are Filipinos are...
The Philippine government must map out and implement a comprehensive plan to address and mitigate the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). File photo of overseas Filipino workers (Photo by Ariel Fernandez / Manila Bulletin) This was stressed by AKO OFW, a...
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Hong Kong are still welcome to return home as the Philippine government is not considering to impose a travel ban amid a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases there, Malacañang said. (FILE PHOTO) Cabinet secretary and acting presidential spokesperson Karlo...
