OFW Profiles

The Christmas season is a fitting celebration overseas Filipinos can quickly look forward to. But it is also a season to make money mistakes. As the month progress, OFWs toil at hard work and slowly accommodate savings. As the...

Life abroad can be hard. But overseas Filipino workers can experience additional misery when they meet 'fair-weather friends' who ruin their plans and even get them in trouble. Take Christine, a domestic worker in Hong Kong, for example. She regrets...

To expedite the immigration procedure at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, the Department of Transportation has installed a number of electronic gates at the airport. The agency aims to cut the passport review from the current 45 seconds to 15...

The issue of parents expecting or demanding godparent gifts for their children can be a polarizing topic. Opinions may vary depending on who you talk to. If I ask you what’s the definition and scope of responsibilities of a...

Working abroad is a dream for many Filipinos. Thousands of us leave the Philippines every day for jobs across the four corners of the world. While it might not be challenging to decide to work overseas, it's still a...

When you leave the Philippines to work overseas, you probably have set your objectives already. Earn bigger wages, save most of them and return home may be one of them. But in reality, working overseas is more likely to...

As a way to honor overseas Filipino workers, several privileges and OFW benefits are in place for them and their families to enjoy and take advantage of. OWWA Benefits As paying members of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, OFWs are eligible...

Even as the retirement age of 60 promises well-deserved rest and benefits offered by the government so they can go home, there are Filipinos abroad who prefer to remain as OFWs to continue to provide for their families. Prescilla Nefalar,...

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will no longer need to secure Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) for deployment since they will soon be provided with an iDOLE- OFW Identification Card, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said yesterday. Bello said the iDOLE –...

Domestic workers in Hong Kong and all over the world have plenty of tasks on hand to accomplish. From the moment they wake up in the morning to heading to bed at night, they have certain things to finish...