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Leaving OFW children behind: Economic benefits vs social costs
- KIMBERLY JANE T. TAN, GMANews.TV
While remittances from Filipinos living and working abroad remain robust, the ties that overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and their children have are slightly hanging by a thread.
According to “Migration and Filipino Children Left Behind: A Literature Review,” a working paper sponsored by [...]
VIGAN CITY — Local government units (LGUs) in Ilocos Sur headed by the provincial government recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration in an intensified effort against illegal recruitment nationwide.
Governor Deogracias Victor “DV” B. Savellano, who led the signing of the MOU, said he wanted to make the province free [...]
Overseas workers deployed this year total 1.115 M
By RAYMUND F. ANTONIO, Manila Bulletin
The number of Filipino workers deployed overseas this year has reached 1,115,199, its highest level during a ten-month period in two years, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said yesterday.
POEA Administrator Jennifer Jardin-Manalili said OFW deployment, composed of land-based and sea-based workers, [...]
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