The Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), and concerned manning agencies will further limit the deployment of Filipino seamen to ships and vessels sailing through known global hotspots following the Houthi attack, DFA Undersecretary Eduardo De Vega said on Tuesday. De Vega pointed out that the directive came following the Houthi attack […]
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Immigration stops 3 female “entertainers” bound for Korea
DAVAO CITY —Personnel from Bureau of Immigration stationed in Clark International Airport stopped the travel of two females who were promised to work as singers in South Korea. The Immigration in a statement said the two female whom they did not identify attempted to illegally work as entertainers in South Korea. Officers of the BI’s […]
132 distressed OFW’s from Middle East return home
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Foreign Affairs over the weekend reported the arrival of 132 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who were repatriated from the Middle East. The OFW’s have safely arrived as a group aboard Gulf Air Flight GF154 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 from Bahrain on Saturday. They were […]
Marcos condoles to families of 2 Filipino seafarers killed in Houthi attack
DAVAO CITY — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Sunday extended his deepest sympathies to the families of the two Filipino seafarers who died in the recent attack by Houthi rebels on merchant vessel navigating the Red Sea and the Gulf of Eden, assuring their families that all efforts are exerted to bring their remains […]
Trafficker with 7 suspected victims barred at NAIA
DAVAO CITY —Immigration officers assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 prevented the travel of a suspected human trafficker with 7 suspected victims on March 1. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco revealed that the trafficker and her victims attempted to depart on board a Philippine Airlines flight to Bangkok last March 1. The […]
DMW padlocks consultancy firm illegally sending OFWs to Poland
MANILA – A Makati-based consultancy firm was shut down by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Monday after it was confirmed to be illegally sending Filipinos to work in Poland factories. DMW Undersecretary Bernard Olalia said the firm disguised sending of Filipino workers abroad as part of its “global migration training” service. The agency’s Migrant […]
Immigration officers caught an airport employee escorting human trafficking victims
DAVAO CITY — Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 caught an airport employee escorting three passengers attempting to depart for Dubai, UAE, transiting through Thailand last December 22. The Immigration press statement stated that the passengers, initially posed as friends from General Santos City on vacation, but […]
Thousands of OFWs in Taiwan and Hongkong to benefit new wage orders-DMW
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) says thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan and Hongkong stand to benefit from new wage orders starting this fourth quarter 2023 to January 2024. In a statement released on Wednesday, DMW Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Hans Leo J. Cacdac stated, “We thank Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor […]
Most Filipino migrant workers in Israel safe-DMW
DAVAO CITY — Most of the Filipino migrant workers in Israel are safe in the midst of Israel crisis after Hamas attacked towns on Saturday. Israel’s Home Front Command earlier issued a “State of War Alert”. This developed as the Philippine Embassy in Israel has been closed. In a statement, the Philippine Embassy in Israel […]
PH Consul warns Italy-bound workers against unscrupulous recruiters
DAVAO CITY — The Philippine Consulate in Milan warned Filipinos who will seek employment in Italy to be careful against unscrupulous recruiters in the midst of the Italian government’s announcement that it would be admitting 452,000 foreign nationals for seasonal and nonseasonal employment in the next three years. In an advisory posted on Friday by […]
4 OFWs jailed over debts in Saudi Arabia returned home
DAVAO CITY — Four over a dozen of the Overseas Filipino Workers who incurred debts in Saudi Arabia have returned to the country after the Saudi Arabia court ordered their deportation. The OFW’s failure to pay their loans led their imprsonment, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced in a press conference on Wednesday. Undersecretary […]
PBBM wants Overseas Employment Certificates free for OFWs
DAVAO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has directed the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to explore the possibility of making the application for Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) free of charge. In a statement on Sunday, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said the President issued the directive during a meeting with the DMW, Bureau […]
BI warns anew vs. fake predeparture counseling certificates
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Monday warned anew against an emerging human trafficking scheme trend of using fake Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO) certificates. In a statement, BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said Filipinos should be vigilant against the new strategy of illegal recruiters. “We believe that this is an emerging trafficking trend, victimizing Filipinas […]