Immigration bureau halts departure of suspected trafficking victims
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) barred four Filipino women from leaving the country on suspicion that they would be trafficked to work as waitresses in China.
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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) barred four Filipino women from leaving the country on suspicion that they would be trafficked to work as waitresses in China.
FOUR Filipino seafarers were on board the container ship MSC Aries, which Iranian authorities seized over the weekend, according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).
Iranian authorities has seized a container ship MSC Aries, with 4 Filipino seafarers on board during the weekend, according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).
THE Social Security System (SSS) announced that President and CEO Rolando L. Macasaet urged Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Singapore to avail themselves of the SSS’s voluntary provident fund program (VPFP), also known as the “Worker’s Investment and Savings Program (WISP) Plus.
THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said no Filipino was hurt in the recent terrorist attack in Moscow, which killed 133 people last week.
THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said at least 63 Filipinos from Haiti will be repatriated soon due to the deteriorating security situation in the Caribbean island nation.
THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced on Wednesday it would pursue civil damages against the family of the minor who was convicted of killing overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara.
THE key officers of an immigration consultancy firm accused of duping hundreds of Filipino jobseekers have fled the Philippines, senators probing illegal recruitment practices learned on Wednesday, amid the filing of a total of 92 complaints involving 219 victims and a total amount of 338,100 euros, or over P17 million, scammed.
THE steady growth of remittances is expected to continue and indicates that Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) may have already recovered from the pandemic.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said the government will try to negotiate with captors of the 17 Filipino seafarers, who were taken hostage in the Red Sea.
FILIPINO caregiver in Israel Gelienor “Jimmy” Pacheco has been released from captivity by the Hamas militias, November 24 Friday, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. announced.
THE head of the Houthi-Yemeni naval forces has inspected the 25 crew, including 17 Filipinos, of seized Japanese car carrier Galaxy Leader who were held while passing through the Red Sea last Monday.
SEVENTEEN Filipino seafarers were among the 25 crew on board a Japanese ship that Yemeni naval forces seized in the Red Sea, reports reaching the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
FOUR Filipino seafarers, including the ship captain, were injured when a Russian missile hit their ship at Odessa port in southwestern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military and the Philippine Department of Migrant Workers reported Thursday.
Another 50 Filipinos from Israel are scheduled to return home next week, according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).
OKITIPUPA, Nigeria — It was the dead of night when the ship caught fire, Patrick Aganyebi remembers, but the flames made it seem as bright as day.
THE Covid-19 pandemic and the passage of Republic Act (RA) 11641, or the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Act, have hastened the introduction of changes to the Philippines’s five-decade-old formula for deploying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
Seven Filipino workers in Israel are missing, while 22 others were rescued when Hamas militants attacked the border south of Israel, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Monday.
Pag-IBIG Fund members collectively saved P59.52B in January to August this year, growing 11.45 percent year-on-year and setting a new record for the highest amount saved by members for any January to August period.
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go expressed his unequivocal support for the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and its proposed budget during a budget hearing on Monday, September 18. Also included in the hearing is the proposed budget for the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
STARTING January 1, 2024, the minimum wage for all workers in Taiwan will be increased by 4.05 percent or worth NT$1,070 (P1,900).
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is open to getting confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) to help in its anti-human trafficking and illegal recruitment campaign.
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Ambulance and fire truck sirens wailed outside as Elsie Rosales stripped linens from king-sized mattresses at a beachfront resort in Lahaina.
THE low budget utilization rate of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) could be attributed to birth pains that the department is experiencing since it just became operational late last year, according to a policy report.
AROUND 500,000 Filipinos and Canadians joined the annual street food festival in Toronto, Canada, called “Taste of Manila.”
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