The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now working with other countries to secure more jobs for the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the pandemic. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said a huge number of livelihoods is on the table and assured...
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko on Thursday led the inauguration of the Imus Retarding Basin, a project designed to protect low-lying areas in Cavite against flooding. 65th-year anniversary logo of Japan-Philippines ties (Embassy of Japan in Manila) Public Works Secretary...
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has noted an increasing trend in the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) this year reaching to at least 70,000 land-based and sea-based workers per month. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said the...
Three more overseas Filipinos died of COVID-19 infections over the previous week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) In a weekly bulletin, the DFA recorded 41 new COVID-19 cases and 63 new recoveries among Filipinos abroad for the same period....
The construction of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Extension, the Philippines’ first airport-bound highspeed railway, will create 10,000 jobs and cut down travel time between Metro Manila and Clark to only about an hour, Japanese Ambassador to Manila Koshikawa Kazuhiko said over the...
BRIA Homes, a subsidiary of Golden MV Holdings, Inc., is taking the lead and participating in the International Housing Fiesta Filipinas (IHFF), the largest international online real estate trade show, to reach more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) buyers. Bria Logo The IHFF is being organized by...
All active overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are renewing their passports will now have a dedicated consular site and Online Appointment System, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) The Consular Office in NCR Central at the 1st Floor Lingkod...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday reported a total of 130 new COVID-19 cases and seven new fatalities among Filipinos abroad for the whole period of last week. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) In the same report, the DFA also recorded 287 recoveries among overseas Filipinos over...
Senators are rallying for the passage of the bill that proposes to institutionalize a Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate PRIB) Senator Joel Villanueva, chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor, said the measure serves as a "lifeboat of rights and privileges" for the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will launch the test run of a mobile app for overseas voters this month. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, Commissioner-in-Charge for Overseas Voting, announced this on Twitter, Thursday, Sept. 1. "@Comelec Office of Overseas Voting and @DFAPHL...
The government of Brunei is again seeking an exemption from the Philippines' existing deployment cap on healthcare workers due to the current demand of medical frontliners there amid the pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has assured that it will provide assistance to the 250 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Kuwait who will be repatriated today, Aug. 31. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III said the...
