The Philippine government on Saturday brought home 442 Filipinos from the United Arab Emirates aboard a chartered flight, the first such government-organized repatriation since escalating conflict in the Middle East disrupted air travel and heightened risks for overseas workers. The...
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The Philippine Department of Migrant Workers has recalled a staff member from its office in Bahrain after a viral video showed the employee behaving rudely toward overseas Filipino workers seeking cash assistance amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. Secretary...
JERUSALEM  — Israeli President Isaac Herzog personally expressed condolences Thursday to the husband of a Filipino caregiver killed in an Iranian missile strike on Tel Aviv, praising her heroism and assuring financial support for her family under Israel's war...
MANILA — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is providing immediate psychosocial support, financial aid and other assistance to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) repatriated from the Middle East amid the escalating geopolitical conflict in the region, an...
The Philippine government runs a comprehensive, multi-agency network of assistance programs for repatriated OFWs, covering everything from immediate cash relief to long-term livelihood and education support. Immediate Financial Aid Upon arrival, repatriated OFWs receive direct cash assistance through several channels. The...
The escalating U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran and Tehran's retaliatory strikes across the Gulf region have severely disrupted global energy markets and maritime transport, bringing traffic through the vital Strait of Hormuz to a near standstill. Benchmark Brent crude oil...
Philippine officials told senators on Friday that the government may require additional funding to repatriate overseas Filipino workers from the Middle East if the region's escalating conflict worsens, as current resources are sufficient only for the present low volume...
The ongoing war in the Middle East, sparked by joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran that began late February, could persist for four to eight weeks, a Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs official told senators Friday. In a Senate Committee on...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A suspected Iranian drone struck a parking lot adjacent to the U.S. Consulate in Dubai on Tuesday, igniting a fire that sent plumes of black smoke into the sky but caused no injuries, U.S....