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“Mga bagong bayani.” Around 10 million Filipinos live and work overseas– seafarers, nurses, caregivers, hotel staff, construction workers, oil field personnel and many more– help drive the Philippine economy through …
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Overseas Filipino workers (OFW) will now pay up to P29,400 annual contribution for Philhealth as the agency increases the rate effective January 2021. Check the computation of the 2021 Philhealth …
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The Social Security System (SSS) member contributions including land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will once again increase starting in January 2021. The newest SSS Contribution Table 2021 for Land-based OFW …
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The annual tradition of paying tribute to overseas Filipinos (OFs) and their families during the holiday season continues amid the pandemic as BDO and SM Supermalls hold virtual ‘Pamaskong Handog …
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Small businesses and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) may borrow up to P100,000 through the Expanded Micro Business Recovery Assistance During Crisis and Emergency (EMBRACE) Program of the Iloilo Provincial Government. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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