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Senator Bato Dela Rosa has sought for the establishment of a department tasked to look after the interest of Filipinos overseas without causing a “swell” to the state bureaucracy since it will be an integration of functions of existing concerned government agencies. This after Dela Rosa authored and filed Senate Bill No. 2110 (SBN 2110), […]
The proposed Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL) should meet the country’s need of navigating a post-pandemic world that will be very challenging to overseas Filipino workers, Senator Joel Villanueva said. “COVID 19 has changed our economic landscape. If local industries are retooling for a post-pandemic era, then a sector which makes up 10% of the […]
Hearings on the proposed establishment of new government departments, including one solely to handle concerns of overseas Filipino workers, have received the green light to proceed, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva said the body’s Committee on Rules decided to allow several standing committees to proceed with hearing bills on establishing new government departments alongside […]
Expressing his gratitude over the successful repatriation of Malik Darimbang, an overseas Filipino worker who was stuck in Saudi Arabia for six years due to a legal battle, Senator Bong Go met with Darimbang and renewed his push for the passage of his priority bill creating the Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFil). “Masaya ako na […]
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has spotlighted the urgency of a new and highly responsive executive department for Filipinos overseas, the ACTS-OFW Coalition of Organizations said Wednesday. “We’ve seen how the government has been overwhelmed by the coinciding pleas for help from distressed Filipino workers both here at home and abroad, leaving many of those […]