Tag: Department of OFWs

Duterte to DOLE, DSWD: Step up campaign vs illegal recruitment

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Nov. 28, ordered the government to step up its campaign against illegal recruitment. The President gave the order specifically to the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of Labor and Employment during the awarding of child-friendly local government units in the Palace. “My orders are really to get them,” the President said, as he pointed out the abuses suffered by some Overseas Filipino Workers. President Duterte […]

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House of Representatives pushed to fast-track passage of bill creating OFW department

  (Eagle News) – Several overseas Filipino workers pushed the House of Representatives to fast-track the bill creating the Department of Overseas Filipino Workers. Some of them even became emotional during a recent hearing of the House Committee on Government Reorganization and House Committee on Overseas Workers’ Affairs. The OFWs said that the creation of such a department is long overdue. “We owe it to our unsung heroes, our OFWs besides they continue to contribute […]

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President Duterte vows to set up Department of OFWs by December

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he would set up by December the “Department of Overseas Filipino Workers” to address the concerns of the country’s OFWs. The department would make sure that the recruitment of OFWs would be under strict regulation of the government, and would work to prevent the abuse of Filipinos working abroad. “Kailangan na ninyo ng isang departamento (You already need a department),” he said in a speech during the […]

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President Duterte announces creation of Department of OFWs

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has announced the creation of a Department of Overseas Filipino Workers that will address the concerns of that sector of Philippine society. Duterte made the announcement in a speech before around 4000 Filipinos who had gathered at the Khalifa Sports Complex on his last day of official visit to Bahrain on Friday. “Ang (OFWs) meron na kayong in a few months a Department of OFW only. Sabi ko kay […]

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