The Department of Agriculture (DA) signed an agreement with the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to help millions of overseas Filipino workers find new job opportunities in the country, especially in agriculture and agribusiness. Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. stated that the...
GCash unveiled a float at the PIDCI’s Independence Day Parade, the biggest Independence Day Parade outside of the Philippines, which highlights GCash's main features that help connect Filipinos all around the world, especially with their loved ones back home. GCash, the Philippines’ leading...
Sen. Joel Villanueva emphasized the need to provide efficient civil registration services to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) following reports of a lack of ready access to their records. Villanueva, principal sponsor and author of the Department of Migrant Workers Act said that Proposed Senate...
DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac and DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. sign an agreement that ensures technical assistance to OFWs who want to start a business on agriculture. (photo: DMW) Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who want to invest in agriculture are assured of assistance to earn...
Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac visits overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Edgar Puzon at the Maraburong Prison Facility in Brunei Darussalam on Wednesday, 29 May 2024. Puzon was convicted for the murder of a fellow OFW in 2005. His sentence has since been commuted to life imprisonment....
President Marcos has vowed to strengthen the retraining programs for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) returning to the country who lost their jobs abroad or could not return for various reasons. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) In a speech on the sidelines of his...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading the proposed Overseas Electronic Registration and Voting Act, as embodied in House Bill (HB) No.10178....
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Rep. Salo's office) The Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo-led congressional mission to Libya has recommended for the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to authorize selective deployment of overseas Filipino...
Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac briefs the 60 OFWs from Israel of the assistance package that they will receive after they arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Thursday afternoon, May 8, 2024, on board a repatriation flight initated by the national government....
The joint venture of AMA Group Holdings, Corp., Dasan Network Solutions, Inc., and Kevoting Inc. is eyeing the reconsideration of its bid that was declared "ineligible" by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in its P465 million online voting and counting system for use in overseas voting in the...
Migrant workers offices (MWOs) in Abu Dhabi and Dubai are now preparing food items and other items for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid the severe flooding in the Middle East country. In a statement, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said it is...
A study has revealed the prevalence of mental health issues among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), as they face various stressors and barriers to seeking help. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) In the first National Brain & Mental Health Research Symposium of the Department of Science and...
