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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 …
BAYANIHAN: An overseas Filipino finds time to help fellow OFs survive COVID challenge 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 …
Sun Life ‘Shine Pinoy’ program to help OFWs get a comfortable retirement 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. …
Bill which encourages OFWs to invest with the government approved in House panel 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 …
Piolo Pascual: His funny videos help OFs bear the pandemic’s mental burden 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 …
Philhealth: OFW contribution voluntary during pandemic 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, …
Philhealth to OFWs: Premium payment voluntary during COVID-19 pandemic but rate increase still applies 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 …
SSS members who lost jobs to get up to P20,000 cash benefits 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 …
2GO helps to reunite 24,000 OFWs with their families 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. …
Returning and stranded OFWs may get ₱20,000 livelihood assistance – DOLE 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 …
OFWs, except health workers, allowed to work abroad Read More