Home safe – Bello
LATEST data from the Department of Labor and Employment showed that the government has sent home close to 320,000 returning overseas Filipino workers. In a report to Labor Secretary Silvestre
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PH-UK discuss mutual concerns
FOREIGN Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr., met on Friday with visiting United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) Minister for Asia Nigel Adams, MP, and discussed various aspects of
Over 2K OFWs face loss of jobs in Afghanistan
IF outgoing US President Donald Trump pushes through with his directive to pull out troops in Afghanistan, more than 2,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are in danger of losing their
DFA brings home more overseas Pinoys
THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) brought home another 8,831 overseas Filipinos (OFs) this week including three Filipinos with chronic diseases. This brings the total number of repatriated OFs to
OFWs’ struggles inspired DFA to pursue anti-kafala campaign
THE lonely and painful struggles of millions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were powerless to defend themselves served as the inspiration of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to
Pinoys face deportation in US
SOME 350,000 overstaying Filipinos in the United States are facing deportation, Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel Romualdez revealed yesterday. In an interview on Headstart, he said “there are about
Infected Pinoys abroad up
THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday reported six new COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad. This brought to 11,423 the total number of Overseas Filipinos who were confirmed to have
No reports of Pinoys killed in Turkey quake
NO reports of casualties or injuries among Filipinos so far following the strong earthquake that hit Turkey’s Aegean region on Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. In
Duterte gov’t lauded for swift action vs abusive diplomat
OVERSEAS Filipino workers’ (OFWs) advocate and former ACTS-CIS party-list Rep. Aniceto “John” Bertiz III on Friday commended the Duterte administration for its swift action against Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu
Over 270K OFWs repatriated — OWWA
THE Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration yesterday reported that more than 270,000 overseas Filipino workers have already been repatriated amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. OWWA administrator Hans Leo Cacdac