Pinoy OFW News – News and information about Overseas Filipino Workers around the globe. We share the latest updates on current updates about fellow Pinoys working overseas. Good to learn about what’s going on with our kababayans.
During the week when migrant Filipino workers got stranded in Hong Kong and Manila due to the temporary travel ban set in place by the Philippine government, the latter made a welcome announcement to lift the ban on … Read more
The Department of Labor and Employment on Friday (February 14) has officially announced that it will resume deployment of household service workers (HSWs) to Kuwait after both parties have reached an agreement regarding the protection and safety … Read more
In a sudden turn of events, the recent travel ban placed by the Philippine government on Taiwan has already been lifted on Friday (February 14) as announced by Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. The decision was welcomed by … Read more
More than 70 Filipinos who have recently arrived from Taiwan on Wednesday (February 12) initially refused but were later on placed on quarantine for 14 days at an undisclosed government facility in Cebu City. Newly-arrived Filipinos from … Read more
Due to the temporary travel ban imposed by the Philippine government on certain countries including China, Hong Kong, Macau, and recently, Taiwan, many vacationing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were not able to return to work. Because … Read more
On Tuesday (February 11), the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the official name for the new coronavirus disease: COVID-19 — making sure not to reference Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the virus originated. COVID-19 stands for Corona … Read more
On February 11, 2020, the World Health Organization had a meeting with scientists in its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland and in a statement by WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the vaccine for the … Read more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a memo directing the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe the Bureau of Immigration employees allegedly involved in human trafficking schemes. As per Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra’s directive, the … Read more
On Monday (February 10), the Department of Health (DOH) clarified that Taiwan is included in the Philippines’ expanded travel ban due to the growing concern regarding the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus, which has already claimed … Read more
The government of France has recently announced that it is expanding its scholarship program in 2020 through a partnership with the Department of Science and Technology’s Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) for Filipino professionals who would want to … Read more