LANDBANK, OFBank, DMW to speed up OFW claims from 2015 Displaced Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) will hopefully receive the long-delayed payment of indemnity claims due to the bankruptcies of Saudi Arabian construction companies way back in 2015 and 2016. In a statement, the Land Bank of the...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has filed a resolution, seeking a Senate inquiry into the thousands of Balikbayan boxes of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that failed to reach the intended claimants and have been abandoned in different warehouses. In filing Senate Resolution No. 950, Lapid...
Pastor Apollo Quiboloy should respond to the complaints of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who claimed that their salaries were forcibly taken as donations for himself and his religious group Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC). Senator Risa Hontiveros said this on Sunday, March 10 saying...
More Filipinos are bound to get job opportunities in the Czech Republic after the Central European nation expressed its interest in hosting more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) due to their work ethic, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (File Photo) DFA Office of European Affairs...
More senators have condemned the fatal attack by Houthi rebels on ships plying the Gulf of Aden which led to the death of two Filipino crewmen and injured two more. A photo from the X (formerly Twitter) account of U.S. Central Command shows True Confidence set ablaze by the missile attack by...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri condemned the fatal attack by Houthi rebels on ships plying the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, which led to the death of two Filipino crewmen and injured two more. A photo from the X (formerly Twitter) account of U.S. Central Command shows True Confidence...
TAGUDIN, Ilocos Sur – An Overseas Filipino Worker and his back rider were killed in a collision between their motorcycle and a passenger bus in Barangay Bimmanga here on Sunday, March 3. Police identified the victims as Jaypee de Fiesta Fabro, an OFW from Barangay Pudoc East, this town,...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has facilitated the processing of the claims for thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who lost their jobs after their employers Saudi Arabia were forced to cease the operations due to bankruptcy as a result of a financial crisis. DMW...
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin argued that opening the Philippine economy to foreign investors would eventually end Filipinos'...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Sunday, February 25 urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to support the measure seeking to increase the daily minimum wage of employees in the private sector by P100 instead of recoiling at the idea. Escudero made the call after Labor...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said on Friday, Feb. 23, that the fate of Jullebee Ranara and other OFWs who fell victim to injustice should serve as a stark reminder to continuously ensure the safety and welfare of Filipinos abroad. Villanueva lauded the decision of the Kuwaiti appellate...
Filipino seafarers now have the right to refuse to sail in the tension-filled Gulf of Aden after the International Bargaining Forum (IBF) expanded the list of its "high risk areas" (HRAs) to the said deepwater basin located near Yemen. Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Officer-in-Charge Hans Leo...
