More government precautions are being planned to avert the spread of the deadly coronavirus surge in India to the Philippines. The government is studying whether or not to expand the travel ban to other countries with high passenger traffic from India in a bid to limit the spread of the...
Malacañang asked the government of Hong Kong to not single out overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in its plan to make the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) should hasten the repatriation of all trafficked Filipinos, especially minors, in Syria, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Monday, May 3. Hontiveros reiterated her call after “Alice,” a trafficked overseas Filipino worker (OFW) whose experience came to...
Overseas voter registration in the country remains suspended until May 14. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections Office for Overseas Voting (Comelec-OFOV) cited the extension of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the NCR Plus area as reason. "OV registration activities at our...
The government will administer 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to workers during the observance of Labor Day on May 1. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The planned vaccination of minimum wage earners and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has been given the green...
Fifteen more overseas Filipinos died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while 17 others have tested positive for the disease, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday. Tally of overseas Filipinos affected by COVID-19 as of April 27, 2021 (DFA) In addition, the DFA report said 26 overseas...
Two Filipinos died due to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) in India while 20 others were infected, Philippine Ambassador to India Ramon Bagatsing, Jr. said Tuesday, as India is battling the world’s worst health crisis that is claiming thousands of lives each day. Philippine Ambassador to India...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) recorded on Saturday, April 24, 15 more Filipinos abroad got infected with the new coronavirus. Department of Foreign Affairs (MANILA BULLETIN) The latest number raised the total tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos to 18,237. The new...
Overseas Filipinos remitted $2.477 billion via banks in February, it’s 5.1 percent higher compared to same time last year of $2.358 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Thursday, (April 15). Compared to January, cash remittances was lower by 4.84 percent or from $2.603 billion....
In Madrid, Spain lies a 1.5-hectare farm managed and owned by Filipinos. Ghie, as she prefers to be called, 50, and her husband Ramon, 65, manage businesses in different industries: real estate, retail, and agriculture. The couple invested in these sectors both in the Philippines and Spain. ...
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Middle East are the first who are expected to scout for new investment opportunities in the housing sector this year, according to an online home buying platform. In a statement, online portal Ohmyhome said that OFWs who have long yearned to buy...
Cash remittances sent by overseas Filipinos via the banking system declined to $19.285 billion as of end-August, 2.6 percent lower than same period last year of $19.808 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported Thursday. For the month of August only, bank-channeled remittances were...
