Jun Concepcion News Today

OFW FORUM In spite of the massive financial contribution of overseas Filipinos to the country’s economy, this incontrovertible fact is seldom acknowledged in major speeches. The magnitude of their contribution is amply shown in key statistics in 2021. Their total US$31.4 billion foreign exchange

OFW FORUM More often than not, overseas Filipinos are in a much better position than their local counterparts to acquire their dream house while earning double or even quadruple what they used to earn back home. Remy M., 45, a single mother of three, and who now works as a domestic helper in Hong

OFW FORUM Newly-appointed Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said all the right things during an early morning interview with DZRH anchor Deo Macalma on July 11. Inclusivity in OFW deployment, dialogues with different labor and labor recruitment groups, support for the government economic clust

OFW FORUM Which government agency offers the most substantial and helpful livelihood assistance to OFWs or overseas Filipinos?Is it OWWA’s stand-alone “Balik Pinas Balik Hanapbuhay” program that provides a maximum ₱20,000 as start up or additional capital for a livelihood project? Is it the Depa

OFW FORUM After years of toiling abroad, most overseas Filipinos yearn not simply to go back home, but to operate their own business while enjoying getting reunited with their children, parents and other loved ones. For many, replacing an exceptionally good income abroad while getting reunited wi

OFW FORUM While many overseas Filipinos or OFWs are hopeful that their general welfare will be significantly improved and uplifted by the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), some prominent OFW rights advocates are skeptical. Saudi Arabia-based Eli Mua is among them. Aware and alarm

OFW FORUM With several million constituents spread across the world in need of a wide array of services, herculean efforts ought to be exerted by newly-appointed Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople for the agency to meet the excessively heavy demand of the job. Caught betw

OFW FORUM How to serve millions of OFW constituents literally spread across the whole wide world, including remote parts of Africa, South America and Central Asia, makes the job portfolio of Ms. Toots Ople, newly-appointed secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers, one of the toughest and mo

OFW FORUM Overseas Filipinos who are members of PhilHealth should not worry too much about paying more for their membership to the state-owned health services agency. PhilHealth vice president and spokesperson Shirley Domingo said members stand to receive better and expanded benefits under plans

OFW FORUM Overseas Filipino workers are objecting to different fees and charges imposed by government, lest they get hassled on their way back to their work overseas. Unless they pay these fees to several government agencies, they won’t be given an Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) by the Ph