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The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is extending assistance to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families affected by the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that hit Central Japan recently. DMW Officer-in-Charge Hans Leo Cacdac has instructed Migrant Workers Office in Osaka to provide all the necessary support to affected OFWs, including immediate medical and financial assistance onsite. […]
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) says thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan and Hong Kong stand to benefit from new wage orders starting the fourth quarter 2023 to January 2024. “We thank Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Labor Department respectively for enacting wage legislation that recognizes […]
The House of Representatives paid tribute to Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople who passed away recently. “Migrant workers, and workers in general, have just lost a great and tireless champion in Secretary Ople. She was the first secretary of the department Congress had created to focus on attending to the welfare […]
Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire, together with Undersecretary for Governance and Organizational Development Team (GODT) Dr. Kenneth Ronquillo met with the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Assistant Secretary Venecio Legaspi to discuss ways to strengthen existing reintegration efforts for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), especially healthcare workers and their families. During the […]
The Quezon City Government has partnered with the newly created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), to protect the rights of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families. Mayor Joy Belmonte and DMW Secretary Susan Ople led the ceremonial signing of the memorandum of agreement during the event Babaeng Kyusi: Ikaw ay Bayani,” “Babaeng tagapagtaguyod, ang […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) officially launched an incentive program to entice Filipinos to take an active role in the promotion of Philippine tourist destinations. In cooperation with the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) and private sector partners including SM Supermalls, the DOT unveiled the Bisita, Be My Guest (BBMG) […]
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) assured that there will be no more cases of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia returning home without getting their salaries. As the country resumes the deployment of workers to the Middle East, DMW Secretary Susan Ople said the Philippines and Saudi Arabia have inked deals to assure […]
Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople led a team from the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in closing down a Makati-based immigration consultancy firm for allegedly conducting illegal recruitment activities. Ordered closed was the office of K-Monster Inc. in Barangay San Lorenzo. Ople and the team from the department’s Anti-Illegal Recruitment Branch (AIRB) were joined by […]
More employment opportunities abroad, programs for children of migrant workers, and a quicker response time in the repatriation of distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) round up the Department of Migrant Workers’ First 100 Days report, Secretary Susan Ople said. Based on data generated by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), around 255,429 Filipino workers were […]
Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople cited the equivalent of a P750 wage hike in Hong Kong as a boon for Filipino domestic workers, making it one of the most attractive places to work as a “kasambahay” (foreign domestic worker). Compared to today’s minimum wage for local domestic workers which ranges from a low of P3,500 […]