Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas isn’t sure if the P1.2-billion allocation to the Department of Migrant Workers’ (DMW) Aksyon Fund is enough to support the needs of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
OFWs returning from Ukraine (DFA PHOTO)
During the House Committee on Appropriati
Over 300 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were repatriated from Saudi Arabia as part of the government's program to attend to the needs of distressed Pinoy migrant workers.
Department of Migrant Worker (DMW) Sec. Susan "Toots" Ople said the 344 distressed OFWs arrived on Saturday evening from Riya
More than 200 Filipino nurses and care workers have been deployed to Japan this week.
Filipino nurses and care workers deployed to Japan on July 13 to 15, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines)
According to the Japanese Embassy in the Philippines, a total of 213 care
DOLEInformation and Publication Service (IPS) director Rolly Francia (Screengrab from virtual forum) MANILA - Some 104,000 jobs are available at the Independence Day job fairs to be held simultaneously around the country on June 12. In a virtual forum Wednesday, Rolly Francia, Information and Publication Service (IPS) director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), said they expect the number of employment opportunities to increase as the scheduled event draws near. "We hope that it will increase and can even exceed what we had last May 1 where there were 153,000 available jobs. So there are 104,000 available jobs and apart from private companies, there are also available jobs to be offered for government positions," the DOLE official said. He added that aside from the processing of job applications, vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) will also be available to the public at these fairs. "We will provide you with the list of available jobs