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 less … [Read more...] about 400,000 undocumented Filipinos in Malaysia face immigration crackdown
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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 leave for their jobs abroad … [Read more...] about Stranded OFWs affected by NAIA flights to get P5K aid from DFA
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 go home may be … [Read more...] about Gov’t to bring home 800 OFWs from Kuwait
