Credit to Author: Javier J. Ismael| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:18:30 +0000
SEN. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go led the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the country’s first overseas Filipino workers’ (OFWs’) hospital in San Fernando City, Pampanga. In his speech, Go reaffirmed his commitment to push for the passage of a bill that aims to establish a department that would solely focus on the needs and […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 07:00:21 +0000
THE total deployment ban to Kuwait stays, Malacañang said on Tuesday, even after murder charges were filed against the employers of slain Filipina domestic worker Jeanelyn Villavende. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo made the statement after Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd disclosed in a Senate hearing on Tuesday that he has been informed of the filing […]
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 07:41:00 +0000
The migrant workers’ trust fund would be protected once Congress organizes a department for overseas Filipino workers (OFW)
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:22:50 +0000
FILIPINO English teachers have been warned by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) against the illegal recruitment activity of an English school in Japan. POEA Administrator Bernard Olali on Thursday…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: CATHERINE S. VALENTE, TMT| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:34:11 +0000
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that would create offices for social welfare attachés for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), especially for victims of illegal recruitment. Republic Act…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:59:50 +0000
MONEY sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rose to a five-month high in May, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data showed on Monday. Personal remittances — made up of…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 09:32:53 +0000
THE remains of a household worker who was killed in Kuwait will arrive later on Thursday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said it requested the Criminal Evidence…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 05:24:32 +0000
A taxi driver who was arrested for overcharging a passenger was collared again for allegedly robbing an OFW who just arrived in the country.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 02:45:47 +0000
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has intercepted three underage overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia).
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 06:58:48 +0000
Bureau of Immigration officers stationed at the Naia have been ordered to be on alert as reports surfaced that syndicates are active in recruiting minors to work abroad.
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