Deposit accounts opened through the Overseas Filipino Bank's (OFBank) digital onboarding system more than doubled in the first semester of the year, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. OFBank In a statement released by the DOF on Monday, Aug.30, the department reported that total deposit accounts...
Two Filipinos who are part of the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders were evacuated out of Kabul and are now in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. 22 Filipinos from Kabul arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International...
At least 36 Filipinos who managed to leave Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan are scheduled to arrive in Manila today and tomorrow via separate flights from Singapore, the United Kingdom and, Qatar, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Tuesday. Department of Foreign...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has reported a total of 946 new confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and 35 new deaths in connection with the dreaded disease among overseas Filipinos during the past week. Department of Foreign Affairs Amid the increasing number of new COVID-19...
A migration consultant said that most of the 80 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kabul have left Afghanistan and are now safe in different countries waiting for repatriation by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Scene at the Kabul airport on August 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to...
Two delivery riders were accosted by authorities after they tried to sneak in packages allegedly containing illegal drugs to two quarantined returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) at an isolation facility in Taguig City, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Taguig City Police reported Friday, Aug. 20....
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) repatriated from Afghanistan are entitled to various benefits and assistance from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) under its reintegration program, Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said on Wednesday. Angara made the assurance as that the OWWA...
President Duterte on Monday, August 16, extended his “sincere condolences” to the government and people of Haiti, where a 7.2-magnitude earthquake has so far killed 1,297 people, though none of them are Filipinos. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Malacañang photo) Presidential spokesman Harry...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is expected to bring home more than 7,000 stranded overseas Filipinos this month through a combination of chartered and Bayanihan flights. Photos of stranded Filipinos preparing to board a repatriation flight from Dubai last week. (DFA) This is despite the...
The Overseas Filipino Bank (OFBank) does not have to remit dividends from its 2016 earnings to the national government after President Duterte issued an order cutting its dividend rate. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Under Executive Order No. 146, the President adjusted the...
A total of 503 new confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) cases and 56 new fatalities were recorded among Filipinos abroad over the previous week. DFA In a report released on Monday, August 2, 2021, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said they have recorded 71 new recoveries among...
The governments of Japan and the Philippines have successfully concluded the conduct of the 11th High-Level Joint Committee Meeting on Infrastructure Development and Economic Cooperation between the two countries. In the virtual meeting held on Wednesday, July 28, both sides recognized the...
