ONE of the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is the increase in unemployment rate worldwide. As social distancing and community lockdowns have been strictly enforced to limit the spread of the virus, businesses had to either contend with a diminished customer…Read More »
Up to 88% of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) have no definite plans as to when they will retire and come home for good. This was revealed in a survey commissioned by Sun Life of Canada Philippines, Inc. (Sun Life) conducted between August…Read More »
A bill seeking to encourage overseas Filipino workers to invest a portion of their remittances with the government has been approved in the committee level of the House of Representatives. House Bill No. 530 entitled An Act Creating the Overseas Filipino Workers…Read More »
Experts in the Philippines and other countries have been warning us: along with the wave of COVID-19 infections would be a wave of mental illness. There’s no avoiding that: people are anxious, afraid, and many have lost jobs and face an uncertain…Read More »
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) announced that the payment for increased premium contribution of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) is voluntary during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. During the hearing of the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Universal Health Care Law,…Read More »
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is giving consideration to the plight of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) by making payment of contribution voluntary during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, the agency reminded migrant workers that provisions of Republic Act 11223 or…Read More »
Premium-paying members of Social Security System (SSS) who lost their jobs may avail of up to P20,000 cash benefits depending on their monthly salay credit. The agency made this announcement as unemployment rate in the country continue to rise due to Coronavirus…Read More »
2GO Group Inc shifts to higher gear its passengers’ service operations to support government’s directive to speed up the homecoming of over 24,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in Metro Manila due to the coronavirus pandemic. The group, which operates the Philippines’…Read More »
As part of its post-Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) recovery plan, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will provide livelihood assistance of P20,000 to overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in the country. In a press briefing, DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the focus…Read More »
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), except health care workers covered by the deployment ban, are now allowed to work abroad, Malacañang announced on Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was among the approved guidelines under the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management…Read More »