OFW News

The government continues to provide financial support and assistance to Hongkong-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who contracted Covid-19 since the start of the fifth Covid-19 surge last February. In separate dispatches submitted to Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Susan “Toots” V. Ople, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and the Philippine Overseas Labor Office – Hongkong (POLO-HK) report 2,302 Covid-afflicted

Migrant Workers Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople wants to revisit the mandatory contribution of overseas Filipino workers on Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth), saying the policy is “too oppressive.” “Bago pa ko nanumpa nag-flag na ako na (Before I took my oath of office, I was already flagged that) this is a sensitive issue among the OFWs,” Ople said in the

Israel is in urgent need of qualified applicants for the position/s: 500 Hotelworker / Housekeeper *Hotelworker applicants who successfully registered their applications last March 11-16 need not reapply provided that they still possess the pre-condition/requirements and none of the disqualifications. General job description, general working and living condition Hotel housekeeper candidates should carry out efficient, high quality hotel housekeeping services

Secretary Susan “Toots” V. Ople assures that the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) will serve as the ‘home’ of every overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in government, as she vows to simplify the existing processes for enhanced, efficient, and transparent service provision. “The DMW is every OFW’s home in the government and we will ensure that everyone is empowered and protected.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) established an Online Appointment System exclusively for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) known as the “OFW Portal“. The purpose of the portal is to provide OFWs with a convenient way of securing an online passport appointment through DFA-registered Licensed Recruitment Agencies (LRAs) and Licensed Manning Agencies (LMAs) to ensure that OFWs will not lose a

On certain days, she works as a labandera (laundrywoman) to make ends meet. On other days, she works as a yaya (nanny). On the side, she also runs a little sari-sari store. But when all else fails, she has no choice but to take some merchandise from her sari-sari store just so she can serve something to her family on

As Covid-19 situation stabilizes in many parts of the world, more countries are opening their doors to hire migrant workers in various industries, mostly in the health care sector, the labor department reported. Labor Attaché Atty. Maria Corina Buñag said even in the middle of the pandemic, various European countries within the jurisdiction of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO)

More Filipinos are expected to join their nearly 200 countrymen teaching in Taiwan as the Ministry of Education (MOE) launched the Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP) to expand the recruitment of foreign English teachers and teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools. Records of the Taiwan National Immigration Agency showed there are 193 Filipino teachers there as of 2021,

The Philippines is inviting balikbayans (returning Filipinos) to travel back home and rediscover the country as it launched on Tuesday a website dedicated solely for overseas Filipinos and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The balikan.ph website, a one-stop site for Balikbayan-exclusive promos with as much as 50 percent discount on hotel and resort rates and worry-free, value-for-money vacation packages is under