Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has expressed optimism that the national government would soon grant the private sector’s appeals to reduce the quarantine period for returning Filipino immigrants, their families, and overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) to just two days....
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) have launched a one-stop shop hub in Bohol-Panglao International Airport to assist returning overseas Filipino workers and arriving international travelers. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Overseas...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos, vice chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI) , cited the sacrifices and valuable contribution of overseas Filipino workers to the country’s economy. Bishop Ruperto Santos...
It has been a part of the Filipino culture to come home, reunite, and warmly celebrate Christmas together. But as times have changed, many overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have to spend the holidays miles away from home. While OFWs are from different countries and professions, their hearts beat the...
A multilateral approach in protecting migrant workers in the Southeast Asian region is needed to improve labor migration, a foreign affairs executive stressed. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Enrico T....
The mandatory evacuation for overseas Filipinos in Ethiopia has been enforced due to the "continued and intensifying conflict in the country". (Jansen Romero / File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This took effect after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday, Nov. 11, raised the alert level...
Only Filipino migrant workers who have existing employment contracts will be allowed to return to Iraq following the downgrade of the alert level there due to the improvements in the foreign land’s security situation. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Hindi pa po pinapayagan ang mga new hires o...
Balanga, Bataan Bishop has asked presidential aspirant Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso to work for the welfare and rights of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Bishop Ruperto Santos (CBCP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "I told him to put God first and to work for the welfare and...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to inoculate on Wednesday, Nov. 10, another batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are about to be deployed abroad. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the government of Brunei has donated some 2,000 doses...
Non-profit advocacy group Go Negosyo is proposing to ease the restriction on travelers from North America in a bid to give overseas Filipinos an opportunity to spend Christmas with their family here. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) "Give our balikbayans a chance to come home this...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to form a technical working group (TWG) to expedite the release of unpaid wages and end of contract payments of Filipino migrant workers from Saudi Arabia who were forced to return home in 2016. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "The...
The maritime partylist group Angkla on Wednesday, Nov. 3 urged President Rodrigo Duterte to reserve universally-accepted vaccine brands to overseas Filipino workers for them to avoid encountering any vaccination issue in the countries where they will be deployed. Seafarer group Former Rep. Jesulito...
