4 Pinoy seafarers on latest vessel seized by Iran–DMW
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).
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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).
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 steady growth of remittances is expected to continue and indicates that Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) may have already recovered from the pandemic.
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.
REGIDOR Esguerra is not the typical OFW Filipino nurse. The General Santos native sports long hair, tied at the back, with a moustache and goatee. But his rugged looks humbly mask the heroic feat he pulled through from hell, the Gaza Strip.
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.
FILIPINO migrant workers in Hong Kong spend more of their remittances for social and religious obligations and ceremonies than investing in businesses or availing insurance, according to a new study.
THE Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) announced it resumes the conduct of its Overseas Assessment Program (OAP) expected to be awarded to more than a thousand overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East.
KUWAIT has expanded the ban on entry of Filipino workers, and will now include Filipino expatriates who have just been issued visas, a Kuwaiti newspaper said.
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A LABOR group is now eyeing the intervention of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to address incidents of trafficking of migrant workers in the Philippines and its neighboring countries.
THE Philippines is now gunning to remain on the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) whitelist of countries that are compliant with global maritime practices.
A labor group on Thursday urged lawmakers to scrap an escrow provision under House Bill 7325 that proposes the creation of a Magna Carta for Seafarers for being unconstitutional and unnecessary.
FIFTY Filipinos, 49 of them Islam scholars, and one Filipino worker fled strife-torn Sudan via land to the Sudan-Egypt border Monday afternoon (evening Philippine time), sources told the BusinessMirror.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said the country has started ironing out its recent “conflicts” with China during his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang during the weekend.
A SOLON believes the quality of local maritime education must be improved, amid the European Union’s continued recognition of Filipino seafarers’ certificates.
FINANCIAL technology (fintech) firm BayaniPay Inc. announced it has partnered with BDO Unibank Inc., SM Development Corp. and Ortigas Land Corp., to introduce the real estate payments service of its cross-border payments solution it calls “bills pay.”
FOOD, education and medical budgets were still among the top expenses made by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families, according to the latest data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Friday announced it has started crafting the master list for the unsettled claims of around 10,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFW), who were displaced from their employment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in 2016.
THE European Commission’s continued recognition of the Philippine certification for Filipino seafarers is a political decision and the Philippine government should not be complacent in enforcing international standards in training and educating mariners, a manning industry leader said at the weekend.
WOMEN workers continue to bear the brunt of the pressures caused by high inflation and workplace abuses, according to the coalition of the country’s largest labor groups and a new report from the International Labor Organization (ILO).
THE Bureau of Immigration has warned the public not to fall victim to cryptocurrency scam syndicates that are using social media platforms such as TikTok to lure Filipinos to work overseas.
BROOKLYN, New York, United States-headquartered Tang Group Inc. is seeking a slice of the overseas Filipino remittance market with the launch of its mobile transaction and payments application called “TANGapp,” or receipt in the local language.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said the exemplary performance of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in Japan helped draw more Japanese investments in the country.
A surge in the number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the possible opening of new destination countries in Europe will lift the deployment figures this year, according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).
NEARLY half of Filipinos now prefer to receive money transfers through digital platforms, according to a study conducted by Western Union Co.
Despite the slowdown in the growth of cash sent by overseas Filipinos to their families, their foreign exchange gains continue to outpace the increase in commodity prices, according to a local economist.
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