Some 130,000 more additional overseas Filipino workers (OFW) affected by the pandemic will soon get their much-awaited financial assistance from the government, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). In a news conference on Thursday, Labor and Employment Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma said the Department of Budget and Management…
(Screengrab from DOLE-DMW press conference) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Thursday defined their roles and responsibilities as several offices under the former will now be part of the newly-created agency. Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma and DMW Secretary Susan Ople signed a joint circular that will ensure the effective and efficient implementation of Republic Act (RA) 11641, the law that created the DMW. The circular emphasized the powers and role of the DMW Secretary as the President's chief adviser and principal implementer of all his orders regarding overseas workers. At least six labor agencies will be under the DMW the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs), International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB), National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA, as an attached agency) and National Maritime Polytechni
TO ensure the smooth transition for the creation of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), the agency will come out with a new joint advisory with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to finally iron out the operational changes between the two departments. The new issuance is expected to delineate the…
THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) told the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to keep its hands off the 2022 budget of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), arguing that the new agency has no authority over the said funds given that it has yet to be fully constituted.…