Tag: Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW)

Filipina household worker in Lebanon dies in reported suicide: DFA

  (Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs reported the death of a Filipina household service worker in Beirut, Lebanon who reportedly committed suicide. “It is with deep sadness that the Department of Foreign Affairs announces that the Filipina household service worker who was taken in by the Philippine Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, as ward at the POLO shelter on 22 May 2020 and reportedly jumped from a room she was sharing with two […]

Pinay OFW na mula Malaysia, nakauwi na ng bansa sa tulong ng “OFW Hatid-Sundo” service ng Cabuyao-LGU

Ni Norberto Delfino Eagle News Service CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – Isang Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) ang sinundo sa airport ng mga kawani ng City Government of Cabuyao bilang bahagi ng kanilang proyektong “OFW Hatid-Sundo.” Kasama ang biyenan at kaanak ay sinalubong nila si Karen Mapa, OFW sa bansang Malaysia, na nakaranas ng pagmamaltrato umano ng kaniyang amo. Si Mapa ay nangibang bansa noon lamang Agosto 2017. “Sa unang buwan po, okey lang sa akin yong […]

Baldoz urges returning OFWs to use POEA’s online system

MANILA, June 14 – Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday reiterated the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration’s advisory encouraging balik-manggagawa (BM) or vacationing overseas Filipino workers (OFW) to use the BM Online system to acquire their respective overseas employment certificates (OEC). “The goal of the BM Online Processing System is to expedite the issuance of OECs to vacationing OFWs who will return to their respective foreign employers or principals. As a web-based facility, the system enables BMs or […]