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Senator Joel Villanueva has credited the government’s determination to further promote the welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) with the signing of the law that institutionalizes the deployment of social welfare attachés in foreign posts. Villanueva expressed gratitude to the administration for enacting into law Republic Act No. 11299 or the Social Welfare Attaché Act, […]
At the celebration of Araw ng Pasasalamat sa OFW (overseas Filipino workers)Summit in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City recently, President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his support for the proposal to establish a separate executive department for overseas Filipinos particularly overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)to protect Filipino migrant workers from abusive illegal recruiters. “Bawal na ang recruitment sa labas. […]
Senator Bong Go filed his first 10 pet bills aimed at achieving “genuine positive change” felt by all Filipinos for the first regular session of the 18th Congress. Topping Go’s priority legislation is a bill that seeks to institutionalize the establishment of Malasakit Centers in more provinces and strategic urban centers in the country to […]
Senator-elect Bong Go laid down his priority bills for the Filipino people once he is seated in the Senate, with the increase of public school teachers’ salaries on top. Go bared his plan to increase the salary of public-school teachers after the implementation of the fourth and final tranche of their compensation adjustment in 2019 […]
Senator-elect Bong Go expressed his sincerest gratitude to the Filipino community in an event held in Tokyo, Japan as part of the four-day visit of President Rodrigo Duterte. “Maraming salamat po sa oportunidad na ipinagkaloob ninyo sa akin upang pagsilbihan kayo. Hindi po lahat ng mga Pilipino ay nabibigyan ng pribiliheyo na tumulong na paangatin […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is urging the families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Libya to convince their loved ones to return to the Philippines as soon as possible after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised to the highest level the crisis alert in the North African state due to intense fighting around the […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is looking forward to having more social welfare attachés (SWAs) in Philippine embassies and consulates, especially in countries with high concentration of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), once the bill seeking to institutionalize their deployment abroad is signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte. The enrolled copy of the measure establishing the […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara urged government to guarantee the safety and security of all Filipinos in Libya amid escalating military tensions there, as he appealed to workers in the North African country to heed the call of the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) for their voluntary repatriation to the Philippines. “We are appealing to all […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families should take advantage of the wide range of services and benefits under a law that institutionalized and strengthened the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Angara said that under Republic Act 10801 or the OWWA Act of 2016, the benefits and services, among them […]
Electric cooperatives (ECs) are urged to form partnerships with cable television service providers and telecommunication companies to advance the government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP), which aims to “significantly” improve the internet service in the country. Speaking at the NBP forum at the Grand Meng Seng Hotel in Davao City on February 15, Acting Secretary Eliseo […]