The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is now working for the repatriation of the remains of the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who died after a fire hit a residential tower in Sharjah City in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week. DMW officer-in-charge Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac said the...
Relief packs and cash assistance have been distributed to hundreds of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were affected by the 7.2 magnitude quake that hit Taiwan, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) announced on Sunday, April 7. The assistance package was distributed to OFWs during the...
After the recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan, the Social Security System (SSS) will extend its calamity loan to the affected overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). In a briefing, Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, SSS president and chief executive officer said on Thursday, April 4, that active members...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has commended the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for making significant strides in enhancing the labor conditions of foreign workers in the Kingdom. Pimentel noted there is a considerable decrease in the number of runaway...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Monday, March 25, that they have deemed it "necessary" to conduct internet voting for the midterm polls in 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia) Garcia said this during the the signing of a...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (PPAB) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo is strongly encouraging Filipinos in Kuwait to take advantage of the Kuwait Ministry of Interior's announcement of a visa amnesty program. "This amnesty initiative...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A bill that seeks to establish a commission that shall have jurisdiction over claims and disputes involving Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) has been approved by a joint House panel. The Committees on Government Reorganization and on...
BERLIN, Germany — He showed his schedule and asked, "San yung pasyal (Where's the leisure)?" President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool) This was President Marcos' response to the recent tirades of former president Rodrigo Duterte, who claimed early this week that the...
BERLIN, Germany — President Marcos said that he is courting foreign business leaders to invest or start their businesses in the Philippines not only to help the economy but also to keep Filipinos home with their families instead of working abroad. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr....
LANDBANK, OFBank, DMW to speed up OFW claims from 2015 Displaced Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) will hopefully receive the long-delayed payment of indemnity claims due to the bankruptcies of Saudi Arabian construction companies way back in 2015 and 2016. In a statement, the Land Bank of the...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has filed a resolution, seeking a Senate inquiry into the thousands of Balikbayan boxes of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that failed to reach the intended claimants and have been abandoned in different warehouses. In filing Senate Resolution No. 950, Lapid...
Pastor Apollo Quiboloy should respond to the complaints of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who claimed that their salaries were forcibly taken as donations for himself and his religious group Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC). Senator Risa Hontiveros said this on Sunday, March 10 saying...
