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Over 350 overseas Filipino workers representing several groups of overseas Filipinos in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America attended an online forum, organized by United Filipino Global and held recently to raise awareness on how to better protect the rights and welfare of Filipinos abroad and to show their support for Senate Bill […]
It is one thing to protect the health of individuals and communities; it is another to make the process harder and longer than necessary because of incompetence and neglect of duty. The latter is already unfair punishment.”This according to John Bertiz, Chairman of ACTS-OFW Party-list, when the truth about the overextended periods of quarantine came […]
Empathizing with the plight of hundreds of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the United Arab Emirates, most of whom are already unemployed and stranded there for months, Senator Dick Gordon is pushing for more passenger flights to bring them home. Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross wrote to the Inter-Agency Task Force […]
Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases spokesperson Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Tuesday announced that Overseas Filipino Workers returning to the country would be required to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine in a quarantine facility before being allowed to proceed to their homes.The Palace official said that according to IATF Resolution […]
With 21 affirmative votes, no negative votes and no abstention, the Senate approved on third and final reading a measure expanding the use of a fund meant for the legal assistance of more than 10 million Filipinos working abroad. Through LeAF, the government can extend legal assistance to distressed Filipinos working abroad through Philippine embassies […]
ACTS-OFW, a coalition of migrant workers organizations on Monday slammed the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) for the “urgent lifting” of the ban on the deployment of Filipino domestic helpers to Kuwait, stressing that there was no need to rush anything, yet it was still done in a hurry.“Blood will be on the hands of […]
The government’s emergency repatriation fund lodged in the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) amounting to P65 million should be tapped to finance the mandatory evacuation of Filipino workers and migrants in the Middle East as tensions heighten between Iran and the United States, Senator Joel Villanueva said. Villanueva, chair of the Senate Committee on Labor, […]
Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said the bill proposing the creation of a department for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will be of utmost priority in the House of Representatives upon resumption of session. Cayetano stressed the need to create a separate department that would solely focus on the protection and welfare of OFWs, especially amid the […]
The untimely and tragic death of three Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Kuwait and Singapore should prompt Congress to prioritize the approval of proposals creating a separate department for overseas employment, Senator Manny Pacquaio said. Pacquaio, who is the primary author of Republic Act 11227 or “The Handbook for Overseas Filipino Workers of 2018,” lamented […]
The Philippine government sees possible negative economic impacts as tension between the United States and Iran increases following the killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in a U.S. airstrike. This was according to Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia, as he warns of possible overseas jobs losses and hikes on oil prices. “Any eruption of […]