“Through the years, it’s been a tradition for returning Filipinos to take their families pasalubong shopping at DFP in spite of the sprawling malls rising in Metro Manila and because of their loyalty, this holiday season is the perfect time to reward them by giving them a chance to take home a much-deserved car for their family,” said Angala.

THE Philippine Embassy in Germany recently met with officials of a newly-established German agency hiring international healthcare professionals to ensure the welfare of Filipino nurses going Berlin.

SEVENTY ONE distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFW), who all left the country using visit visas, have been sent back home. The 71 distressed OFWs from United Arab Emirates arrived in Manila at 8:40 a.m. today. They were accompanied by Consul General to Abu Dhabi Marford M. Angeles.

THE Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has reminded recruitment and manning agencies, including foreign employers and principals, of their responsibility to monitor and report the status, condition, or significant events relating to their hired workers.

"Recognizing the valuable contribution of our OFWs in our economy, this measure seeks to protect the hard-earned money of our OFWs. It requires the disclosure of charges and fees that would be paid for sending their money through remittance agents and companies. Likewise, it penalizes price gouging or the exorbitant charging of fees for the transactions being made,” Revilla added.

THE Department of Foreign Affairs coordinated the efforts of the Philippine Embassies in Mexico City, Cairo, and Tripoli to successfully bring home a total of 32 distressed Filipinos.

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) advised Filipinos to postpone travel to Iraq in view of the ongoing violent protests in that country.

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said that the application for political asylum of Iranian beauty queen Bahareh Zare Bahari, who was listed in the Interpol’s “red notice,” is still “being considered.”

“One of the main issues raised against the establishment of the Department of OFWs is the cost it would entail in creating new offices. Pero bakit natin tinitingnan ang cost? Kung pera ang pagu-usapan, di ba dapat natin i-consider kung magkano ang pinapasok na pera ng mga OFW natin?” Nograles said.

AT LEAST 505 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive from January to June this year, up 12 percent from the 451 discovered in the same period in 2018, the ACTS-OFW Coalition of Organizations said yesterday.

TWO militant lawmakers questioned the decision of PhilHealth to increase the premium dues for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

“Taiwan’s impressive development would not be possible without the 150,000 Filipino nationals who work in Taiwan and contribute to our society,” Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) Representative in Manila Michael Peiyung Hsu said.

THE remains of Gorge Impang and Andree Serencio, the Filipino fishermen who were killed in a bridge collapse in Taiwan have arrived.

Ito ang ilan lamang sa naranasan ng mga Pinay na biktima ng human trafficking sa United Arab Emirates (UAE) na karamihan ay nananatili pa rin sa naturang bansa at naghihintay ng tulong na mapauwi pabalik sa PIlipinas..

The new regulation helps ensure that travelers to Saudi Arabia are reminded of laws that concern public behavior, including rules on immodest clothing, public display of affection, taking photos or videos of people without permission and playing music at prayer times.