A total of 343 Filipinos, mostly overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), landed safely at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Sunday morning, March 15, after they were repatriated from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain by the national government amid the continuing tensions in the Middle East. The group...
Malacañang has urged Filipinos living in California to stay alert and remain vigilant over a possible retaliatory strike by Iran on the State. This, after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informed police departments in California that Iran had attempted to launch unmanned aerial vehicles...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is now pushing the Social Security System (SSS) to expand its cash aid or unemployment benefits to strengthen the safety net for workers who have been displaced due to layoffs, retrenchment or company closures. Estrada, in filing Senate Bill No. 1070 also sought to...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has pledged support for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) returning from the Middle East amid the ongoing geopolitical crisis. DSWD Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, spokesperson for DSWD and head of the Disaster Response and Management Group,...
Filipinos from several Middle East countries are set to return to the country via chartered flights in the coming days, Malacañang said. Chartered flights are now being arranged to transport Filipinos from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, with the earliest flight departing on March 14,...
President Marcos was "not pleased" and "got angry" when he learned about the alleged mistreatment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Bahrain by an employee of the Migrant Workers Office. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro disclosed this, adding that Marcos has...
Malacañang hit back at Vice President Sara Duterte for saying that it was easy to send aircraft to repatriate affected Filipinos in the Middle East, lecturing her on how a leader must come up with decisions amid critical situations. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is preparing jobs and training programs for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who may be displaced or repatriated amid the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. In a statement, the labor department said it is coordinating closely with the Department of...
CEBU CITY – Close to 34,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Central Visayas who are currently in the war-stricken Middle East are being closely monitored. Rex Taderna, assistant regional director of the Department of Migrant Workers-Central Visayas (DMW-7), said they are being provided...
More than 1,400 Filipinos across the Middle East have requested for repatriation amid the ongoing conflict in the region, President Marcos said. In a press conference at Malacañan on Tuesday, March 3, Marcos announced that the number of Filipinos who have expressed to be sent back home had reached...
ILOILO CITY – Local government units in Iloilo province are tracking down Overseas Filipino Workers as tensions escalate in the Middle East following joint attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran. The Public Employment Service Office-Iloilo was able to track nearly 250 Ilonggo OFWs...
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) reported Friday, Jan. 16, that its Trust Fund climbed to P21.3 billion while active membership topped 2.6 million by December 2025, reflecting rising trust and confidence of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the agency. OWWA Administrator PY...
