MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – More Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs) who recently arrived in Bohol province tested positive for the coronavirus disease. In an advisory posted Tuesday night, August 4, Governor Arthur Yap reported nine cases of the…
MOALBOAL, CEBU — It was in May 2020 when Francisco Judilla, a Cebuano now based in Calgary, Canada, faced one of the biggest challenges in his life: Being infected by the deadly coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To…
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) on Friday proposed a voucher system for children of displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), that would ensure that they continue with their studies amid the economic challenges…
MANILA, Philippines — On the second day of the one-week deadline imposed by President Rodrigo Duterte, the government was able to send home over 7,400 stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to their provinces. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration…
MANILA, Philippines — Jerome has been longing to see his children to give them “pasalubong,” which he has been keeping in his luggage for almost a month. That would have to wait longer though, along with…
MANILA, Philippines — A total of 2,461 Filipinos abroad have so far contracted the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday. The DFA recorded six more cases of…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 65 repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who arrived in Bohol province last April 28, 2020, will have to extend their quarantine period due to the delay in the release of their polymerise…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has established Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) help desks in all its regional offices to provide the necessary assistance to Filipino repatriates for the duration of…
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang “respects Taiwan’s decision” not to deport a Filipino caregiver for criticizing the Duterte administration’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. “Deportation is really a decision to be made by Taiwan authorities … in the…
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) supposedly from Spain was not allowed entry in the city after he failed to present the proper documents from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) for returning…
MANILA, Philippines — Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Deputy Administrator Margaux “Mocha” Uson on Tuesday defended her action of gathering overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) quarantined in a Matabungay, Batangas, resort for the distribution of hygiene kits, among…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is seeking the deportation of an overseas Filipino worker in Taiwan for alleged cyber libel. DOLE, in a statement released Saturday, accused a certain Elanel Egot Ordidor,…
