A proud former beneficiary of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), Sheena Mae Magdato Obispo, topped the September 2024 Social Worker Licensure Exam with a score of 87 percent. (Photo courtesy of Department of Social Welfare and Development/Facebook) Another former beneficiary of the...
Representatives from the Department of Migrant Workers and State of Qatar Ministry of Labour meet during the 5th Philippines and Qatar Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) on Aug. 7, 2024 in Pasay City. (Photo: DMW) The State of Qatar expressed interest to employ skilled Filipino workers such as nurses,...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) is encouraging overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Singapore to avail of the Voluntary Provident Fund Program or the Worker’s Investment and Savings Program (WISP) Plus. During the First SSS Kapihan sa Singapore, SSS President and Chief Executive Officer...
(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...
(File photo) Around 400 checks intended for the payout of the second batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who lost their jobs in various construction companies in Saudi Arabia nearly a decade ago will finally be distributed “within the next month.” Department of Migrant Workers (DMW)...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) forged via a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Monday, Feb. 5, at the National Cybercrime Hub Building in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. CICC Executive Director Alexander Ramos (right) and DMW...
Alcantara-led Alsons Power Group is extending help to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for the capacity enhancement of technically-skilled workers in Mindanao, primarily in the SOCSKSARGEN region which is among the core communities of its power projects. Alsons Power...
Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), OWWA Administrator Arnaldo "Arnell" Ignacio (center), and OWWA Deputy Administrator Mary Melanie "Honey" Quiño (right) inspect on Saturday night the OFW Lounge at Terminal 1 of NAIA. (Speaker's office) House Speaker...
CITY OF SANTO TOMAS, Batangas – A 65-year-old Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) lost P400,000 worth of jewelry, cash, and expensive sunglasses to suspected members of the Salisi Gang in a restaurant in Barangay Poblacion 1 here on Friday, January 12. Police identified the victim as Elizabeth Reyes,...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A 41-year-old construction worker was shot dead in Sitio Ilaya, Purok 7, Barangay Parian, this city, on New Year’s Day. Police said the victim, Christopher Cabales, single, and a resident of Sitio Ilaya, was crossing a bridge on the railroad when a man appeared and shot...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has set up an employment facilitation desk in Tokyo and Osaka in a bid to maximize the assistance to overseas Filipino workers in Japan which is one of the Philippines' key labor markets. DMW Officer-in-Charge Hans Leo J. Cacdac said the Japan Employment...
Health workers from Philippine Orthopedic Center (POC) and National Children’s Hospital (NCH) staged a "snake rally and noise barrage protest" on Dec. 5 to demand a salary hike and the release of the “long overdue” health emergency allowance (HEA) and performance-based bonus (PBB). Photo from...
