DMW financial assistance to distressed OFWs and their families

DMW financial assistance

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has recently announced the increase in the amount of financial assistance allocated to distressed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and members of their families. In a hindsight, the initiative is under the DMW Agarang Kalinga at Saklolo para sa mga OFWs na Nangangailangan abbreviated as DMW AKSYON Fund, a scheme … Read more

There are Over 400,000 Repatriated Displaced OFWs

There are More Than 400,000 Repatriated Displaced OFWs En Route Back to Our Country

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), said that there have been over 400,000 repatriated displaced OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) by the 2019 COVID-19 pandemic. In a virtual briefing, Silvestre Bello III, DOLE Secretary, said that about 420,000 have been able to travel back to the country as of today. While they still got some 200,000 … Read more

Passport Applications May now be Paid Online or via Debit Card, DFA says

Pay passport using credit card

Passport application and delivery fees may now be paid through online transactions using a credit or debit card! This is a way to cope up with the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Foreign Affairs said as they continue to find ways to minimize people-to-people contact. The DFA has collaborated with PayMaya Philippines Inc. … Read more

Additional P1 Billion for OFWs’ Financial Aid Due to COVID-19

Additional P1 billion for OFWs' financial aid

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary, Silvestre Bello III, said in an interview that an additional P1 billion cash aid will be used to provide financial assistance to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who were affected by Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The said amount is part of the P2.5 billion supplemental funding request of the … Read more

DOLE Coronavirus Assistance, Can be Taken Advantage of by OFWs and Repatriated OFWs

DOLE Coronavirus assistance through DOLE-AKAP

Filipinos in the country aren’t the only ones troubled with the outbreak of the COVID-19. For all we know, the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are stressed wherever they are as well. As of writing, the numbers of Filipino people who are infected are rising; and it’s not going anywhere near the end. There are, in … Read more

The House of Representatives OKs the OFW Department

The House of Representatives OKs the OFW Department

Our dear President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his wants of having an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Department so that our overseas workers will be taken care of and have their welfare cared for more. The OFW Department is one of the three (3) government branches or agencies that have been put in a ball park and … Read more

Philippines to Sign a Labor Pact With Russia, Says Bello

Labor Pact with Russia, looking to be signed by DOLE

Russia has become one of the Philippines’ partners in terms of business and employment. This is why President Duterte paid a visit to Russia back in 2017 to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, this was shortened because of the fact that the Maute terrorist group attacked Marawi City. The Department of Labor and … Read more