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 […]
OFW News
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 […]
Immigration stops possible human trafficking at NAIA
DAVAO CITY — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) successfully intercepted four passengers bound for Cambodia at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on Tuesday. In a statement released on Saturday, the Immigration stated that the possible victims involve three females and one male, with ages ranging from 20s to 30s. During the interview that […]
Philippines names new envoys to UN and 4 countries
DAVAO CITY — The Philippine government has named five diplomats to serve as ambassadors of the country to the United Nations (UN) and four other countries. The Palace released the names on Monday after their appointments were formalized last Thursday. Malacañang named Carlos Sorreta, as the country;s permanent representative to the UN. Soreta previous assigned […]
Effort to save Mary Jane Veloso from death row continues-Marcos
DAVAO CITY — The Philippine government is exerting all efforts to save sentenced Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Mary Jane Veloso from the death row. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. who just arrvied in Indonesia for the 42nd ASEAN Summit guaranteed that the Philippines will continue to ask Indonesian government to grant pardon to Veloso. The meeting […]
Marcos Jr. assures OFW’s in US to boost jobs backhome to prevent diaspora
DAVAO CITY –— In meeting the Overseas FIlipino Workers in Washington D.C. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. gave an assurance that the the government is working to boost the quality of jobs in the country to prevent dispora of Filipino workers abroad. Marcos Jr. spent over an hour with the Filipino community in Washington, D.C. […]
Marcos jr orders DFA to protect OFW’s in Taiwan
DAVAO CITY — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Department of Foreign to ensure the safety and welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan amid tension between the self-ruled island and China. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega in a press briefing said President ordered their department to ensure the safety and welfare […]
Filipina trafficking victim pays ranson in Myanmar-BI
DAVAO CITY — A repatriated Filipina who was trafficked and scammed in Myanmar paid a randon for her freedom, this was the revelation of Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco during the weekened, Tansingco said the victim was recruited through Facebook and was promised to work in an online company as customer service representative in Thailand and […]
PH Immigration to probe airline personnel’s possible involvement in human trafficking
DAVAO CITY –— The Bureau of Immigration (BI) urged the officials of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to investigate the possible involvement of airline personnel in facilitating the departure of victims of human trafficking and illegal recruitment. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said he issued the appeal after BI officers at the […]
Customs, PDEA intercept P40M shabu
DAVAO CITY –— The Bureau of Customs Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG), intercepted a luggage containing methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu, and arrested the passenger on March 12, 2023, at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Pasay City. Through the intensified x-ray screening operations by […]
Murdered Filipina Migrant Worker From Kuwait Buried
DAVAO CITY —The body of Overseas Filipino Worker Jullebee Ranara was buried Sunday morning, February 5, 2023, at the Golden Heaven Memorial Park in Las Piñas City. The charred body of 35-year-old Ranara was found in a desert in Kuwait, and according to reports, the suspect—the 17-year-old son of her employer—raped her and caused her […]