During his co-sponsorship speech on the creation of the Department of Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act (DMWOFA) or Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL) on Wednesday, Senator Richard J. Gordon noted the importance of making sure that the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have an agency to rely on once they are sent abroad
The Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas on Monday assured there will be enough testing kits for the overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROF) arriving in Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA).
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday said it will seek the approval of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to shorten the quarantine period of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), especially for those who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
The government is crafting guidelines for giving priority to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to be inoculated with vaccines preferred by host countries.
Philippine government agencies in charge of the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) promised a crew of 13 Filipino seafarers repatriation and full pay for the 17 months they were stranded in South China.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, June 23, invited registered overseas voters with active records to take part in its internet voting test runs.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) inked memoranda of agreement (MOA) with two companies that will provide the technology for the poll body’s overseas internet voting test runs in July.
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) may soon be eligible to apply for the National Housing Authority’s (NHA) low-cost housing program, as part of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) initiative.
President Rodrigo Duterte has decided that Mactan International Airport in Cebu (MCIAA) must follow national guidelines on COVID-19 testing and quarantine for returning Filipinos (RFs) and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), his spokesperson told reporters on Monday, June 14.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) assured overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that the government would work to repatriate anyone who needed to go home, for as long as there were available quarantine facilities.
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has launched the updated version
of OFW Handbook, which will serve as an important guide and reference for overseas Filipino
workers (OFWs) on their work abroad, specially amidst the global pandemic.
Global progress to end child labour has come to a halt for the first time in over two decades, reversing the downward trend that saw child labour fall by 94 million between 2000 and 2016
Speaking at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting in Catania, Italy, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, emphasized the need to prevent long-term scarring of economies and societies and to shape an inclusive, sustainable and resilient response that truly leaves no one behind.
At the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting in Catania, Italy, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder presented the findings of a joint ILO-OECD report on recent trends in women’s employment and policy developments to reduce the gender labour force participation gap by 25 per cent by 2025.
Hundreds of thousands of seafarers are still unable to join and leave their vessels due to restrictions put in place to contain COVID-19. It is critical to respect the rights of seafarers, as set out in maritime law, and ensure seafarers have a fair and sustainable future.
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