More than 14,000 overseas Filipino workers have been brought home safely, and over 16,000 have received help rebuilding their livelihoods under the government’s UPLIFT initiative. The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has distributed ₱1.01 billion …
PHILIPPINES: The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has responded to an incident at the OFW Lounge in NAIA Terminal 3 involving a worker who had just arrived from Dubai and was bound for Romblon. In …
PHILIPPINES: Overseas Filipino workers could one day receive a separate monthly pension under a proposed law that seeks to create a dedicated retirement fund just for them. The measure, Senate Bill No. 252, is known as …
In 2022, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) was created through Republic Act Number 11641. It is the primary government agency that is tasked with upholding the rights and welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) …
Since January 2010, Republic Act Number 9679 or the “Home Development Mutual Fund Law” has been implemented, expanding the mandatory coverage of HDMF or Pag-IBIG Fund to all overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Meanwhile, Filipino immigrants, …
On February 7 (Sunday), the Abu Dhabi government released an update regarding its ‘green list’ destinations as part of its safety measures for travel against COVID-19. The number of countries on the list, originally from …
Soon, road users in Abu Dhabi will have a more convenient time driving on the road as a new automated alert system that notifies the nearest police station about accidents in a few seconds will …
In its bid to address the ongoing pandemic, the Abu Dhabi government has revealed that it has slashed down the price of the RT-PCR test from AED 85 to AED 65 (Php 850), the lowest …
A tech company in Abu Dhabi is working on making the airport experience more convenient and contactless for passengers. According to Next50, the company’s Smart Path project will eventually allow passengers to use biometric data …