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“It was never dead. But there is a need to put mechanisms in place to prevent the built heritage in Escolta, and other heritage districts, to be completely erased in the name of progress."

Dear Secretary Menardo Guevarra, The overseas employment sector needs the Department of Justice’s help. On March 22, the Blas F. Ople Policy Center headed by this writer and OFW advocate, humbly submitted a letter to your office seeking the DOJ’s legal opinion regarding the proper implementation of Republic Act (RA)…

THE start of operation of the much-awaited Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) remains stuck in limbo pending the resolution of the dispute over its official Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR). This after Malacañang said it has yet to settle the issue between Migrant Workers Secretary Abdullah D. Mama-O and the DMW…

With the final submission of the “final draft” of the Strategic Investment Priorities Plan (SIPP) for Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) law, a leader of the House of Representatives on Tuesday said the Philippines can now expect strong foreign direct investment (FDI) performance this year. House Committee…

The seven migration agencies to be absorbed by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) would remain under the control of their parent agencies until

DAVAO CITY—Acting Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte recently received four 40-footer refrigerated containers from the National Food Authority and Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) for the Davao City Food Terminal Complex (DFTC). Duterte and City Agriculturist Leo Brian Leuterio received the storage facilities from NFA Administrator Atty. Judy Carol L. Dansal, FTI…

Overseas Filipino workers (PPD photo) MANILA - The seven migration agencies to be absorbed by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) would remain under the control of their parent agencies until conditions for the DMW's constitution have been met, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday. Section 23 of Republic Act 11641, which created the DMW, states that the newly created agency would only be fully constituted once the following have been met: - An appropriation in the 2023 G...

President Duterte yesterday led the groundbreaking of the Overseas Filipino Workers Center in Daang Hari, Las Piñas City and ordered agencies to improve the services given to migrant workers and their families.

FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. has joined other Cabinet members in opposing the controversial order of the transition secretary for the newly minted Department of Migrant Workers, mandating the hasty transfer of workers and funds, and throwing the OFW sector in turmoil. The shakeup caused by the order…

Suicide remains as one of the most pressing issues in the world. In the Philippines, the suicide rate in 2019 was 2.5 per 100,000 population. Joining the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Australian Government in the call to collaboratively address risk factors for suicide while promoting protective factors, the…