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(Eagle News)–Over 800 repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers arrived on Sunday, May 3, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced. According to the DFA, of the figure, 688 were seafarers from six AIDA cruises in Germany who arrived on board three chartered flights. Almost 200, or 198, land-based OFWs from Bahrain and the Cayman Islands also arrived via Gulf Air flight GF154. According to the DFA, the repatriation of the Filipinos from Germany was made possible by […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has ordered the creation of help desks for Overseas Filipino Workers who have been repatriated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, Año said the decision to have OFW help desks in DlLG regional offices was following reports some OFWs were not being allowed in their communities, or were being prevented from getting to a government facility so they could undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine. All OFWs are also required […]
(Eagle News)–More than 230,000 Overseas Filipino Workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are seeking cash assistance from the government, the Department of Labor and Employment said. According to DOLE, as of April 24, the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices and the local offices of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration already received 233,015 requests for assistance under the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program – AKAP emergency fund. Under the program, each qualified OFW is given a one-time […]
(Eagle News)–Over 100 Overseas Filipino Workers from Indonesia have arrived in the country, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said the 101 OFWs from Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14. They took chartered Air Asia flight QZ960. The repatriation was done in coordination with Sumitomo Corporation, the OFWs’ employer; ABD Overseas Manpower Corporation, the local manning agency; and, the […]
WASHINGTON DC (EAGLE NEWS) — An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) gives an update and an OFW perspective to Eagle News International, Washington, D.C. about the lockdown in Saudi Arabia.
by Lyn Tumbaga Diaz and Alexandra Megia Eagle News Service SPAIN (Eagle News) — Spain is officially on lockdown. From March 14 to March 28, this 15-day lockdown is to help curb the spreading of COVID-19. With 7,753 out of Spain’s 46.66 million (.01% +/-) residents are infected with COVID-19, self-quarantine is in affect for all households. Residents are only allowed to leave their households: -To obtain, food, medicine, and basic necessities -To obtain medical […]
(Eagle News) –Ten more Overseas Filipino Workers repatriated from Libya have arrived, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday, Feb. 12. In a Tweet, Charge d’Affaires Elmer Cato said the group is the first batch to be assisted by the government in returning home this year. “This is also the first joint effort of the (DFA) and International Organization for Migration,” he said. An alert level 4 is currently hoisted over Libya, which is […]
(Eagle News) — A 58-year old Filipina household worker in Dubai has died in Dubai due to a still unknown coronavirus strain. This was confirmed by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bellow III after receiving the information from the Labor Attache in Dubai. Bello said that they were able to confirm the OFW’s cause of death on Feb. 2. She died on Jan. 28. The OFW’s remains will be cremated, Bello said that the department will help […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Jan. 28, welcomed the filing of murder charges against the Kuwaiti employers of slain Overseas Filipino Worker Jeanelyn Villavende, but noted that the temporary ban on the deployment of OFWs to the Middle Eastern country stays. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement hours after Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III informed a Senate labor committee hearing on the maltreatment of Filipino workers abroad that Villavende’s employers had been […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 distressed Filipinos from the United Arab Emirates arrived in the country on Monday, Jan. 27, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. In a statement, the DFA said of the 128 who arrived, 115 were from Abu Dhabi while 13 were from Dubai. The Filipinos were welcomed by representatives from the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) and its member agencies, such as the Bureau of Immigration, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte supports a total deployment ban on Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who issued a statement after the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency formally approved the ban recommended by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III over the death of OFW Jeanelyn Villavende. A National Bureau of Investigation autopsy of her remains showed she had been sexually abused. Panelo reiterated the ban would remain until the memorandum […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Jan. 16, said the total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers in Kuwait will remain until the terms in the agreement on the protection of OFWs signed between the Philippine and the Middle Eastern country’s governments are followed. “Until such time [that] the terms of the MOA [memorandum of agreement] are incorporated in each labor contract between the employer and the employee, the [total deployment] ban […]
