SPEAKER Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) to convene an inter-agency meeting
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House to resume inquiry on repatriation of OFWs
THE House committee on public accounts, chaired by Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Mike Defensor, wants concerned government agencies to explain further the delay in the repatriation
DOLE sends home over 25K OFWS
THE Department of Labor and Employment reported that over 25,000 overseas Filipino workers stranded in different quarantine facilities have been successfully transported to their respective
House panel okays P5-B aid to displaced OFWs
A HOUSE panel has passed a measure that seeks to provide assistance to displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs
Clear quarantine guidelines for OFWs sought
KEY national government officials should get their act together and agree on a common policy concerning the mandatory quarantine of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs),
OFW Hospital soon to rise in Pampanga
OVERSEAS Filipino workers will soon have their own hospital. The Department of Labor and Employment, government and private donors recently signed a memorandum of agreement
Gov’t lifts HK, Macau travel ban
AS advocated by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. the government yesterday lifted the travel ban for Filipinos who are returning for work in Hong
OFW dep’t fund eyed
EQUALLY important as the creation of Department of Overseas Filipino Workers is a special fund that will help the agency address the problems of the
Taiwan thankful for contribution of 150,000–strong Pinays
THE contributions of the 150,000 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are a major factor behind the growth and economic development of Taiwan. This was articulated by
PH steps up drive against human trafficking in Iraq
THE Philippine Embassy in Baghdad intensified its drive against human trafficking and illegal recruitment of Filipinos after a group of men transporting a Filipina to