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By Tyra’nell Pille-Lu & Dennis John Lu EBC Japan Bureau/Eagle News Service TOKYO, Japan (Eagle News) — Thousands of people, mostly oversees Filipino workers (OFW), benefited from the Aid to Humanity recently held by the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) in Saitama, north of Tokyo. Over 2000 people took part in the whole-day humanitarian event organized by the INC through its humanitarian arm, the Felix Y. Manalo (FYM) Foundation, at the Royal Pines Hotel […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)–The government has imposed a total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to South Sudan. In a statement, the Department of Labor and Employment said the governing board of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, in a resolution, decided to impose the ban also on the processing of the documents of OFWs bound for the country “until further notice.” The board is chaired by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III. Bello said the ban […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Nancy Binay is pushing for the creation of centers that will cater to the needs of families left behind by Overseas Filipino Workers. In seeking the establishment of “OFW family centers” through Senate Bill No. 975, Binay noted what she said was the role of the State in strengthening the family, as contained in Article XV Section 1 of the Constitution. She noted the Filipino diaspora has resulted in social problems within the […]
(Eagle News)–Leftists and several Overseas Filipino Workers have asked the Supreme Court to stop the government from requiring OFWs to contribute to the Social Security System. In their 35-page petition for certiorari and prohibition, Migrante International; former Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares; Bayan Muna Reps. Carlos Zarate, Ferdinand Gaite and Eufemia Cullamat; Alliance of Concerned Teachers Rep. France Castro; Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Arlene Brosas; Kabataan Rep. Sarah Elago; and OFWs Feliza Benitez, Jennifer Borbe, […]
(Eagle News)–Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana fired back at Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua after he asked what the Philippine government would think if China thought Overseas Filipino Workers there were also spies. Zhao had issued the remark after Lorenzana expressed concerns about the proximity of Chinese-manned Philippine offshore gaming operation (Pogo) sites to military and police camps, saying the Chinese could easily shift to spying. “That’s the most preposterous statement I heard in […]
(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 […]
-Consultations in preparation for establishment of PHL overseas labor office in New Zealand EBC New Zealand correspondent Greg Basa reports about the consultations with overseas Filipino workers conducted by the Philippine embassy in New Zealand, with the help of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Australia. Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand Jesus Domingo said that the Philippine embassy in New Zealand is working to have a Philippine overseas labor office (POLO) to be established […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Labor and Employment has lifted the deployment ban on Filipinos who wish to return to their jobs in Libya. The Philippine Overseas Employment and Administration said the ban–which was imposed in September last year after the Department of Foreign Affairs raised an Alert Level 3 over the area because of cases of kidnapping of Overseas Filipino Workers there—was relaxed after the DFA and the National Security Council lowered the crisis alert level […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has urged Filipinos in Libya to exercise caution when they travel following the spate of attacks there. The DFA issued the advisory even as it announced that tensions from the recent clashes in Tripoli had disappeared, and that the situation had returned to normal. The agency said no Filipinos were affected in the latest clashes. “But anywhere when clashes take place, there is always the danger to […]
(Eagle News) – Members of Iglesia Ni Cristo in Thailand held a tribute to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the area. (Eagle News Thailand Bureau Christel Mapa)
(Eagle News) — Nais ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mas mabilis na transaksyon sa mga paliparan para sa Overseas Filipino Workers o OFWs. Sa talumpati ng Pangulo sa Malacañang, sinabi niyang ang kapakanan ng mga OFW ang isa sa mga pangunahing prayoridad ng kaniyang administrasyon. “No more human contact. You just swipe your two minutes, i-swipe mo lang ‘yung visa mo, you’re out. Wala nang tanung-tanong, no more human contact and that will be true […]
