Archive for the 'OFW' Category
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 [...]
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, [...]
OFW group urges DOH urged to hit hard on clinics using ‘decking system’D’JAY - - -LAZARO, GMANews.TV
MANILA, Philippines — A group on Thursday urged the Department of Health to show it means business by cracking down hard on clinics practicing the so called “referral decking system” of medical test for Filipinos seeking work in the [...]
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