Tag: Department of OFWs

DUTERTE TO CERTIFY OFW DEPARTMENT BILL AS URGENT – GO

Post author By Yna Sipelimo
Post date July 16, 2019
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At the celebration of Araw ng Pasasalamat sa OFW (overseas Filipino workers)Summit in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City recently, President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his support for the proposal to establish a separate executive department for overseas Filipinos particularly overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)to protect Filipino migrant workers from abusive illegal recruiters. “Bawal na ang recruitment sa labas. […]

Tags Department of OFWs, OFW Department bill, OFWs, President Duterte, Senator Bong Go

Politics

WE NEED A DEPARTMENT FOR OFWs – PIMENTEL

Post author By Yna Sipelimo
Post date February 11, 2019
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Senator Koko Pimentel III on Sunday repeated his call for the immediate creation of a national level Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFW). Pimentel said government cannot ignore the fact that almost one in every 11 Filipinos, is working overseas, and that their welfare should be fully ensured and protected at all times. “We’re talking […]

Tags Department of OFWs, OFWs, OWWA, POEA, Senator Pimentel