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Overseas Filipino workers may be the modern heroes of Philippine society, but their contributions do not guarantee they will be given better treatment anytime.
In fact, they and their families find themselves at the losing end in the health care delivery...
So how often does an envoy get an American city to name a day for him?
For Ambassador Willy Gaa, the Philippine’s soft-spoken chief diplomat in the US, the answer is: 2.
San Diego and nearby National City in California voted to designate last July 14...
At least six Filipino crewmembers were rescued after the Taiwanese fishing vessel they were on caught fire off Negri Sembilan in Malaysia last July 15.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that the six Filipinos and two Taiwanese were aboard the...
The fee paid for an electronic passport in the Philippines is one of the lowest in the world, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
The DFA charges a passport fee of P950 or $21, an amount it said barely covers the actual cost of producing the...
The Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) expects a drop in the deployment of physical therapists abroad over the next year.
This after the Federation of State Board of Physical Therapy in the United States imposed a one-year ban on applicants...
Disgruntled due to numerous impositions of government fees and charges and the recent increase in passport renewal and replacement abroad, an alliance of Filipino migrants group in the Middle East today said the removal of unnecessary government-imposed...
Protests against the fees for the new Philippine passport are spreading and migrant workers associations of Macau and Hong Kong have joined an internationally coordinated action against it. However, speaking to Macau Daily Times, Macau’s Philippine...
The application and processing fee for e-passports being issued by the Philippines government is cheaper than those in other countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
According to the DFA’s official website, the $60 application fee...
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration 6 is still accepting applications for its OFW Dependent Scholarship Program for the school year 2010-2011, the Philippine Information Agency said.
Seventy-two slots have been allotted for Western Visayas under...
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III should press government agencies concerned with the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to come up with tangible results with lasting solution, Migrante said on Wednesday.
Migrante made the remarks after...