Tag: DMW

DMW: Filipino seafarer hurt from Russian missile attack now back in PHL

(Eagle News)–The Filipino seafarer who was hurt after a Russian missile hit their vessel in the Black Sea has returned to the Philippines. A photo posted by Department of Migrant Workers officer-in-charge Hans Cacdac showed the man whose left hand was in a cast posing with some government officials. Cacdac said he was welcomed by the DMW and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. He said the DMW and OWWA will provide the seafarer with assistance. […]

6 DOLE agencies handling OFW concerns start their transfer to Dep’t of Migrant Workers

DMW to be fully operational by next year, says DOLE (Eagle News) – At least six agencies of the labor department will be transferred to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) that aims to be fully operational by next year, 2023. Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said he had already issued a joint circular providing for the smooth transfer of six agencies attached to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to the DMW headed by […]