Overseas Filipino Workers

MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is working towards enhanced deployment and protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as it is set to forge agreements with more

MANILA – Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III said 250 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Kuwait will arrive in the country on Sept. 1 after

MANILA – Filipino workers vaccinated in the Philippines will be allowed entry to Hong Kong starting Aug. 30 upon presentation of Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) vaccination certificates, the Department of

MANILA – Some 40 Filipinos were able to exit Afghanistan safely, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Saturday. At least 30 were flown out of Kabul for Pakistan

The Department of Trade and Industry Region 2 in partnership with Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office 02 (OWWA RWO2) and LandBank of the Philippines conducted a webinar entitled,

MANILA – Close to 600,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) repatriated through government efforts have been sent home. Based on the data of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), 591,063 Filipino

MANILA, 20 May 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a 75 per cent reduction in deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in 2020, which constitutes the lowest deployment number

AMBASSADOR to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez yesterday said Filipinos are expected to benefit from the immigration policy changes that will be implemented by the administration of newly sworn-in