Former DILG secretary Benhur Abalos (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The "outdated, inefficient, and unnecessarily burdensome" Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) and contract verification processes must be overhauled. Thus, said Alyansa...
Philippine Ambassador Alfonso Ferdinand Ver said on Monday, April 14, that there was a “promising turnout” for the first day of the overseas online voting for Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates. Philippine Ambassador to UAE Alfonso Ferdinand Ver with his team during the first day of overseas...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Monday, April 14 that all 93 posts abroad have been opened for overseas voting. Commission on Elections Chairman George Erwin Garcia "Successfully opened na po ang lahat ng 77 Online Voting and Counting System (OVCS) Posts, with Honolulu PCG being...
(Unsplash) The month-long overseas absentee voting for overseas Filipinos commenced on Sunday, April 13, with the Comission on Elections (Comelec) officially ending the test voting period for Registered Overseas Voters (ROVs) enrolled in the...
Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco (Facebook) The Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial ticket is urging overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to go in droves to designated polling areas upon the start of overseas absentee...
The charges against the 17 Filipinos arrested in Qatar for supposed illegal assembly have been officially dismissed, Malacañang announced Monday, April 7. Philippine Embassy in Qatar Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this following the meeting of President Marcos with Qatari...
Former presidential spokesman Harry Roque should just render legal help to Filipinos arrested in Qatar instead of making incessant appeals to authorities there, Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre said on Wednesday, April 2. Acidre says that while the Marcos administration is doing its best to...
(Left) PLDT Global President and CEO Albert Villa-Real and Staffhouse Chief Strategy Officer Rocky Dela Vega (PLDT photo) PLDT Global Corp., the international unit of PLDT Inc., is teaming up with a leading recruitment agency for Filipinos working abroad to expand access to...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN)) Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial bet ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is eyeing the enactment of a law that would institutionalize a pension system for...
Senatorial candidate Ben Tulfo is pushing for the creation of regional help desks for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in order to prevent incidents of abuse and exploitation. (Photo from the Office of Ben Tulfo) “The help desk will serve as a resource for our fellow citizens who want to become...
Bayan Muna Party-list has expressed its appreciation to the Supreme Court (SC) for its decision to declare as unconstitutional the Social Security System (SSS)'s requirement for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to pay their contribution in advance. Former Bayan Muna Party-list Reps. Carlos Zarate...
Social Security System (SSS) President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Joseph Montes De Claro (4th from left) and Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) Chairperson Dante “Klink” Ang II (3rd from left) ink an agreement for the implementation of the KaSSSangga Collect Program during a signing...
