OFW News

Equipping overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with financial literacy and know-how on protection products will be beneficial not only when they work outside of the country but also when they have decided to settle down here. In a virtual briefing on Friday, Pru Life UK president and chief executive officer Eng Teng Wong said this is the reason for their tie-up

The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Friday said the hotel quarantine period for fully vaccinated returning overseas Filipinos, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), and balikbayans from yellow countries will be reduced from five to just three days starting November 22. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said that fully vaccinated balikbayans from yellow countries with pre-departure testing within 72 hours only need to

Employment opportunities await pandemic-displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and jobseekers amid the reopening of economy at the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Labor department shared in a news release on Sunday. More than 600 OFWs formerly employed by Dubai Duty Free shops will be rehired, said Labor Attaché John Rio Bautista of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Dubai.

Up to 10,500 nurses and health care workers (HCWs) are likely to gain jobs abroad in the coming year as the government intends to further increase deployment by 4,000, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday. Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique Tutay said the government intends to increase by 4,000 the current 6,500 deployment cap for nurses and other

Filipino domestic worker numbers in Hong Kong continued to fall last month despite the government’s decision to allow entry to those fully vaccinated among them, to ease the acute shortage of foreign helpers in the city. The latest figures obtained from the Immigration Department show that the Filipino domestic helper population slipped by 405 in October to 197,412, reversing an

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said on Thursday that fewer maltreatment and abuse cases involving Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) were recorded after the country adopted an action plan in ensuring fair and ethical recruitment of workers. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said the first-ever National Action Plan to Mainstream Fair and Ethical Recruitment (NAP-FER) of OFWs was recently

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday said it has disabled its online passport tracker after discovering a “data privacy issue” involving the platform. The agency said it has taken down the tracker and all its data sources “to avoid further data broadcasting”. An investigation is ongoing as the DFA takes appropriate measures “to secure the data that may

Returning Filipino workers or Balik Manggagawa (BM) workers are now allowed to go back to Iraq, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said on Thursday. In a Laging Handa briefing, POEA chief Bernard Olalia said this came after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) downgraded Iraq from Alert Level 4 to 3. “This is a very good development, the lowering

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is set to reactivate its electronic gate system (e-gate) scheme to assist Filipinos arriving from abroad in time for the Christmas holidays next month. Commissioner Jaime Morente said Tuesday the revival of the system will fast-track the immigration processing time for travelers and avoid long queues at the airports. He said the use of the

Isang OFW ang nag-donate ng printer sa Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Task Unit Balik Probinsya Flights ngayong araw, ika-06 ng Nobyembre 2021. Habang sumasailalim sa security measures at safety protocols sa NAIA para sa isang sweeper flight papuntang Cagayan de Oro, lumapit ang 32-taong-gulang na OFW na si Pat Perez sa mga PCG personnel na nagseserbisyo sa airport. Nagpasalamat siya