OFW & Diaspora
For Filipinos living and working abroad — and the families they left behind. Gulf tensions, remittances, repatriation, and the cost of leaving home.
Middle East flight cuts strand OFWs, delay balikbayan boxes
Quick Take Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific canceled flights to Dubai and Riyadh as Middle East tensions escalate, stranding passengers and delaying cargo. Thousands of…
War in Gulf threatens 1.1M OFW jobs, remittances
Quick Take Tankers burn in Iraqi waters as Trump and Iran signal the war drags on, while Philippine…
299 OFWs Repatriated from Middle East Amid Rising Tensions
Quick Take The Philippine government repatriated 299 Filipinos from the Middle East as regional tensions escalate, while a…
Gov’t readies OFW evacuation as Mideast war fears grow
Quick Take The Philippine government is preparing contingency plans to evacuate thousands of OFWs from the Middle East…
Pinay Caregiver Killed in Israel Airstrike
Quick Take A Filipino caregiver working in Israel was killed during an airstrike, marking another casualty among the…