MANILA, April 30 — The expected “declaration” on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers may likely takes place by November of this year. In a press briefing held Saturday at the International Media Center in Conrad Hotel, Pasay City, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary and chair of ASEAN …
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Althea Ori, a mother of three. A proud Overseas Filipino Worker. Althea describes herself “I am 58, but look at me! I am full of energy, I am a proud DH!” At age 33, Althea left her family to work as domestic helper for seven years in the middle east while …
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MANILA, Philippines — Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW’s) continue to register as is showed tremendous increase after the 2016 national elections. The Department of Foreign Affairs – Overseas Voting Secretariat (DFA-OVS) in a press statement noted the increase during after four months of accepting new registrants. Overseas voter registration started last December 1, 2016 and will …
DAVAO CITY –A department which will solely focus on the affairs of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) will be established soon. Speaking before thousands of OFWs at the Khalifa Sports City Stadium in Bahrain President Rodrigo Duterte announced “In a few months, you will have a Department of Overseas Filipino Workers.” Creating an OFW department …
MANILA — Filipinos working in New Zealand will receive an increase in their monthly pay after the country’s Workplace Relations and Safety Ministry announced the hike in the minimum wage of workers. In a report to Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III, Labor Attaché Rodolfo Sabulao of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Canberra, …
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EDMONTON, Canada – For quite a good number of years, Filipinos in Western Canada have to fly to Vancouver to have their passports renewed. That would mean air fare, hotel and food expense and everybody knows that if you’ll be in Vancouver, it won’t be cheap. Three years ago, Migrante Alberta, Alpha Phi Omega Alumni …
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President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign promise to put up a bank dedicated to the millions of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) is underway. He appointed former Davao City Judge Pelagio Paguican last week as Director of the Philippine Postal Savings Bank which will converted to OFW bank. The establishment of the OFW bank is on its final …
What is personal and what is smuggled? To avoid complications in the declaration of items contained in a balikabyan box, the Bureau of Customs draw the line. In the twitter account of the agency, it listed the following items as nontaxable and its quantities. Among the tax-free items but of limited quantities include perfumes, lipsticks, …
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PHILIPPINES – Starting march 2017, returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) whose tickets were purchased abroad will no longer have to pay terminal fees. Ed Monreal, General manager of Manila International Airport Authority on Monday, November 29, that airlines have “agreed in principle” to automatically relieved OFW’s from paying terminal fees. As it is now, every …
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Spectacular! That best describes the 4th Anniversary of FRAG, an organization of brotherhood among Overseas Filipino Workers in Hongkong on November 20, 2016. The vent took place inside a posh cruise ship which the OFW’s contributed to make the event meaningful. You could have mistaken them as professional entertainers and they showed the talents inside. …
