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I am Lucky Manzano. I love my mother. I love my wife. I love my friends. I am an OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker). I currently work in a small country in the Middle East, Kuwait. I proudly come from a big province in the Philippines, in Cavite. I have been toiling in foreign soils since […]
Senator Grace Poe asked the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to give the Senate a written report on the efforts and challenges it is facing in a bid to strike the Philippines off the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list. “We expect a substantial update from the AMLC on the concrete steps and direction we […]
Senator Dick Gordon restated his proposal to the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) that all incoming overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and returning Philippine residents who have been fully vaccinated abroad or in the Philippines be sent directly for home quarantine upon their arrival and then be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) […]
A proposed law aimed at preventing COVID-19 related discrimination passed on the third reading Tuesday, providing much-needed protection for frontliners and OFWs. “House Bill 6817, or the COVID-19 Related Discrimination Act, will help put an end to discriminatory practices against frontliners, service workers, health personnel, and even repatriated OFWs,” said principal author Rep. Kit Belmonte. […]
Thousands of Filipino workers are being sent home by global cruise ship operators amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACTS-OFW Coalition of Organizations said on Friday. “There is widespread uncertainty now among Filipino staff on short-term contracts with cruise ships, considering that (cruise) operations around the world have virtually ground to a halt,” said ACTS-OFW chairperson […]
The Philippine government is still hoping for record-high cash remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) despite the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak as it remains uncertain when the outbreak can be contained. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said OFWs are still expected to remit a record-high $34.2 billion (P1.74 trillion) to the country this year. In 2019, […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has castigated the Kuwaiti government for failing to fulfill its promise of providing better labor conditions and to ensure the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Gulf country. Gatchalian cited reports he has been receiving on the case of OFW Jeanelyn Villavende who died in December last year. “Kinukuha ang […]
ACTS-OFW Partylist expressed outrage on the recent killing of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Kuwait and called on the Philippine and Kuwaiti governments to implement a total ban on the deployment of Filipino workers in the Gulf nation. Jeanelyn Padernal Villavende, a 26-year old woman from South Cotabato was declared dead on arrival after […]
Senator Bong Go is pushing for the passage of a measure which seeks to create an executive department focused on addressing the concerns of migrant workers following the recent repatriation from the Middle East of undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) victimized by illegal recruiters. Go assured that a technical working group has been created to […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III stressed the urgency “to review and revisit Republic Act 8042 or the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 for purposes of addressing rising cases of abuse against OFWs.” “The Magna Carta for OFWs is still a good law but we may need to strengthen it to cover and penalize […]