MANILA – The results of the overseas absentee voting would be finalized within the week, the Department of Foreign Affairs -Overseas Voting Secretariat (DFA-OVS) said Wednesday. In a Laging Handa briefing, DFA-OVS Director Zoilo Velasco said the special board of canvassers (SBOC) in different Consulates and Embassies are currently consolidating and canvassing the votes. Meanwhile, he […]
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OFWs with special cases come home on New Year’s day
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Foreign Affairs ushered in the new year by repatriating 234 Filipinos from the UAE and Bahrain via a Chartered Philippine Air Lines Flight that arrived from Manama at NAIA Terminal 2 this morning just after daybreak. It was a new morning for the Filipinos aboard the aircraft. The group […]
66 distressed OFWs from Kuwait now back in PH
DAVAO CITY – Sixty-six distressed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from Kuwait are finally home. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in a statement said , the group who arrived Wednesday night, was the 8th Batch of OFWs assisted by the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait through its Assisted Repatriation Program. Todate, the DFA said, some 425 […]
First batch of OFWs from Tripoli now en route to PH
DAVAO CITY (April 20 ) — The first three Filipinos evacuated by the Embassy from Tripoli have departed Tunis ad now en route to the Philippines. The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) were assisted by the augmentation team from the Department of Foreign Affairs led by Executive Director Enrico Fos at the Tunis Carthage International Airport. […]
Seven Filipino seafarers charge of smuggling acquitted in Libya
DAVAO CITY (March 5) — The High Court of Libya has acquitted the seven Filipino seafarers who have been charged since 2017 on allegations of smuggling 6 million liters of fuel. The Philippine Embassy in Libya informed the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the news as they welcome the acquittal Sunday night. The Libyan […]
400,000 undocumented Filipinos in Malaysia face immigration crackdown
DAVAO CITY (August 31)— An estimated 400,000 undocumented Filipinos in Malaysia are facing crackdown as the two-year Voluntary deportation Program ended yesterday August 30. The Departmenf of Foreign Affairs in Malaysia sounded off Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano that only 5,844 Filipinos availed of amnesty since it was launched in January 2016 – a figure representing […]
Stranded OFWs affected by NAIA flights to get P5K aid from DFA
DAVAO CITY (August 23) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will continue to provide P5,000 cash assistance to all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who were affected by the runway mishap which affected their flights. In an advisory, the DFA announced they were able to release cash assistance to 86 overseas Filipino workers who failed to […]
Gov’t to bring home 800 OFWs from Kuwait
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday confirmed that 800 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kuwait are set to go home, and more Filipino workers in the Gulf state will be repatriated in the coming days. The move comes after President Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncement that Filipino workers in Kuwait who want to […]