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500 recruitment firms back creation of DOFW

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 09:20:12 +0000

500 recruitment firms back creation of DOFW

A group representing at least 500 recruitment agencies on Monday (Aug. 12) backed the bill filed by Sen. Bong Go creating a Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFW) which would be focused on the welfare and protection of at least 2 million Filipinos working in foreign countries. In a statement, the Alliance of Bonafide Recruiters […]

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BI agents intercept 16 OFWs posing as tourists

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 04:57:19 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 16 overseas Filipino workers (OFW) trying to sneak out of the country as tourists have been nabbed by Immigration agents at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia). Immigration port operations division chief Grifton Medina said on Monday that the 16 undocumented OFWs were intecepted last August 7 as they […]

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House stalwarts push for creation of dep’t for OFWs, foreign recruitment

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 06:13:21 +0000

The idea to create a government department that will solely tackle issues concerning OFWs is moving at the lower chamber.

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CBCP welcomes proposed department for migrant workers

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:09:40 +0000

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) welcomed on Saturday the creation of a separate department that will handle the affairs of Filipino migrant workers, a move which it said would be most beneficial to the country’s modern-day heroes.

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Gov’t to supervise OFWs’ recruitment to curb abuse

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:08:42 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to ban private agencies from recruiting Filipinos for jobs abroad and has ordered the government to supervise the hiring of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

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Duterte wants ‘Department of OFWs’ set up by December

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:33:47 +0000

Duterte wants ‘Department of OFWs’ set up by December

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he wants a Department of Overseas Filipino Workers by December this year.

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After 20 years of working, single mom gets college degree at 42

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Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 23:04:28 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Earning a college degree had long been the holy grail of this 42-year-old single mother and former overseas worker.

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DID YOU KNOW: More female than male OFWS

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 21:00:22 +0000

According to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, of the 2.30 million Filipinos working overseas between April and September 2018, a total of 55.8 percent were females and 44.2 percent were males.

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CBCP urges solon to pass job-generating laws

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 21:30:46 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged newly elected lawmakers to craft laws that would help generate employment in the country so workers would no longer be forced to go abroad, where they may end up being abused by their employers.

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No ransom paid for release of Filipino, Korean engineers–Locsin

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 09:46:24 +0000

NO ransom was paid for the release of three Filipino and Korean engineers kidnapped in July 2018 in Libya, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr said on Sunday. “No money…READ

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