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Senator Bong Go is pushing for the passage of a measure which seeks to create an executive department focused on addressing the concerns of migrant workers following the recent repatriation from the Middle East of undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) victimized by illegal recruiters. Go assured that a technical working group has been created to […]
An overseas counterpart of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) that will be integrated into the proposed Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFW) should be seriously considered to handle labor cases of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) abroad. This according to representatives of ABROAD (Alliance of Bonafide Recruiters for OFWs’ Advancement and Development), a coalition of […]
The creation of a separate department for overseas employment should not be considered an additional expense for government but a necessary investment to address the concerns of overseas Filipino workers (OFW’s) who remit billions of pesos every year. This was the response of the Alliance of Bonafide Recruiters for OFW’s Advancement and Development (ABROAD) to […]
Deputy Speaker and Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. Luis Raymund “LRay” Villafuerte Jr. on Friday ensured cooperation with overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and other stakeholders involved in the training, deployment, and placement of OFWs in pushing for the creation of the Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFW). According to Villafuerte, the measure is a top […]
The Alliance of Bonafide Recruiters for OFWs’ Advancement and Development (ABROAD), a coalition composed of recruitment agency associations, on Monday said it supports the creation of a Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFW), emphasizing the need for a line agency focused on the welfare and well-being of the country’s over 2 million overseas Filipino workers […]