PUZZLED by the inclusion of Taiwan in the travel ban, Chairman Lito Banayo of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) is due to arrive today to appeal the imposition of the expanded travel ban which affects overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

THIRTY Filipinos are home from Wuhan City, the epicenter of the dreaded novel coronavirus outbreak, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

SOME 107 distressed Filipinos in Abu Dhabi have been repatriated by the Philippine Embassy.

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security and Consular Concerns Brigido Dulay said 

This is what Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. wanted, to give justice to overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jeanelyn Villavende who was beaten to death by the wife of her employer in Kuwait.

FOUR Filipinos, two of them victims of human trafficking, from the northern province of Erbil, Iraq arrived in Manila on Friday afternoon bringing the total number of Filipinos repatriated to 21, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Roa Duterte led the send off Thursday for the family of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) detained in Bahrain after they were given the opportunity to have a compassionate visit.

FOLLOWING the abuses and maltreatment, resulting in violent deaths, of Filipino household service workers in Kuwait, the Department of Labor and Employment is set to impose a total ban on deployment to the Middle East country.

Migrant and recruitment consultant Manny Geslani yesterday said that some 1,500 domestic workers have all signed up for repatriation with the Philippine embassy. However, there is a matter of paying a fine of US$200 for being unregistered for so many years of working in Lebanon.

China will continue to work with the Philippines to ensure the early implementation of the Kaliwa Dam Project in Quezon for the benefit of the local people saying it is one of Beijing’s “great achievements” in helping Manila.

FOURTEEN overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) pulled from Iraq are expected to arrive in Manila today, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said.

Isang Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) sa Kuwait na hindi pinasusuweldo at minamaltrato ng kanyang among Kuwaiti ang ni-rescue ni Palayan City Mayor Rianne Cuevas.

Specifically stated is the tax exemption provision of the bill, which provides that all grants, bequests, endowments, donations and contributions made to the OFW Hospital to be used actually, directly and exclusively by the OFW Hospital shall be exempt from donor’s tax and considered as allowable deduction from the gross income of the donor, in accordance with the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended.

THIRTY-ONE Filipino nurses are all safe after a rocket exploded in a hospital where the Filipinos and their dependents are working, the Philippine Embassy in Libya said.

“Initially, the level of alert for Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon are the same—Alert Level 4. Although it was unofficial, I was informed yesterday that the alert level in Lebanon was put down to level 2 and I understand that there’s no more alert level in Iran,” Bello said in an interview.

SPEAKER Alan Peter Cayetano and House Majority Leader Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez have agreed to expedite the passage of the proposed Departments for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), Water Resources (DWR) and Disaster Resilience (DDR) when Congress resumes session on January 20.