Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente warned overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) against fake immigration officers.
Senator Grace Poe on Friday urged the Department of Health (DOH) to issue a standard vaccine certificate that should be free of charge to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) sidelined by the pandemic.
MANILA – The government is studying to include overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the restriction on travelers from 21 countries with cases of the new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) variant.
MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday said only returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the United Kingdom and several other countries where there are cases of the new SARS-COV-2 strain are allowed to enter the country.
MANILA – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Monday reminded returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that swab testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) at the country’s airports is free of charge.
MANILA – Government-run laboratories have been tapped to process the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) specimen of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) swabbed upon arrival in the country, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Monday said.
Some 33,000 children of displaced, non-returning, repatriated, or deceased overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the coronavirus crisis will receive a one-time grant of P30,000 cash aid, President Rodrigo Duterte announced Monday.
President Rodrigo Duterte has green-lighted the release of P5 billion in additional funding for the repatriation and assistance to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said.
MANILA – Administration Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. has hailed the inclusion of his proposed amendments under the Senate-approved “Bayanihan to Recover as One Act” which seek to grant emergency subsidies for displaced low-income workers and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
The second batch of the remains of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) numbering to 71 is expected to arrive in the country on July 19, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) announced on Saturday.
The House committee on public accounts resumes on Tuesday its inquiry into the repatriation of tens of thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have been stranded abroad since the lockdown in March.
The government greenlighted the plan of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to bring home the remains of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who died of coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Senator Francis Pangilinan has called on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to hasten the repatriation of bodies of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who died due to coronavirus disease in in the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia (KSA)
Senate Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon has urged the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to facilitate the speedy repatriation of about 150,000 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) that were displaced by the global coronavirus pandemic.
There are no lapses in the transport of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and locally stranded individuals (LSIs) to their home provinces, Malacañang said Monday.
Malacañang assured that the government will assist in the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the coronavirus disease pandemic.
Senator Risa Hontiveros wants a review of the government’s plans to reintegrate overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families who have been displaced by the coronavirus pandemic.
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. is seeking a Senate inquiry over the ongoing government’s repatriation of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday thanked His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa for granting royal pardon to two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Senator Imee Marcos urged the government Thursday (June 11) to hire overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic to boost economic recovery.
Malacañang maintained that returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are being treated like VIPs, denying claims that they are neglected by the government.
Malacañang said that returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are receiving “VIP treatment” from the government amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday (May 27) warned officials of local government units (LGUs) of administrative and criminal charges for refusing to accept any of the 24,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who already underwent quarantine in Metro Manila.
Let arriving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) return to their home provinces, President Rodrigo Duterte reminded local government units (LGUs) in a speech late Monday.
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