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Influx of Filipino migrant workers coming home tapers

By Ramon Royandoyan | March 18, 2021 - 5:40pm

Starting January, there was a noticeable decrease in Filipino workers abroad getting repatriated.

Business

Distressed OFWs, diplomats among those exempted from travel restrictions — Palace

By Alexis Romero | March 17, 2021 - 5:30pm

People who need medical repatriation, diplomats and distressed Filipinos are exempted from the pandemic-related temporary...

Headlines

Commentary: A new Philippine future beside the exodus?

By Jeremaiah Opiniano | June 7, 2018 - 11:32am

Every seventh of June, a Southeast Asian archipelago commemorates the "heroism" of compatriots who have been a visible...

News Commentary

Duterte to fly to Kuwait for signing of OFW welfare agreement

By Alexis Romero | April 12, 2018 - 9:11pm

President Rodrigo Duterte said he will travel to Kuwait to witness the signing of an agreement that will provide protection...

Headlines

Deployment of OFWs to China: Opportunities and potential pitfalls

By Meiting LI | March 7, 2018 - 4:43pm

In July 2017, the Department of Labor and Employment revealed that there was a possibility for China to hire Filipino household...

News Commentary

Slain Filipina in freezer shows risks to overseas workers

By Jim Gomez | March 3, 2018 - 10:16am

When Joanna Demafelis' indebted family needed money to fix their typhoon-battered home, she followed in the footsteps of millions...

Headlines

Kuwait-bound OFWs to be diverted to Hong Kong, Cyprus, Singapore — POEA

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | February 28, 2018 - 12:06pm

The Kuwait-bound domestic workers affected by the total deployment ban to the Gulf nation will be deployed to other markets...

Headlines

HRW: Philippines, Kuwait should fix gaps to prevent abuse of OFWs

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | February 22, 2018 - 9:59am

Instead of imposing a total deployment ban on new workers bound to Kuwait, the Philippines should instead work with the Gulf...

Headlines

Bello: OFW Joanna Demafelis reported missing as early as January 2017

By Patricia Lourdes Viray | February 21, 2018 - 3:14pm

The sister of Joanna Demafelis, an overseas Filipino worker found dead in a freezer in Kuwait, reported that she was...

Headlines

POEA suspends, cancels licenses of recruitment agencies amid Kuwait work ban

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | February 21, 2018 - 3:00pm

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration found 11 agencies found guilty of illegally deploying overseas Filipino...

Headlines