OFW & Diaspora
For Filipinos living and working abroad — and the families they left behind. Gulf tensions, remittances, repatriation, and the cost of leaving home.
200,000 jobs pledged as Mideast crisis displaces OFWs
Quick Take The government says 200,000 overseas job opportunities are ready for OFWs displaced by the escalating Middle East crisis, while a Zamboanga island reportedly…
Iran opens Hormuz to PH ships as 244 OFWs come home
Quick Take Iran granted toll-free passage through the Strait of Hormuz for Philippine-flagged vessels, while the government repatriated…
Iran clears path for PH ships through Hormuz Strait
Quick Take Iran has granted safe passage for Philippine-flagged vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating…
Philippines asks Iran: Don’t count us as enemy
Quick Take The Philippines formally asked Iran to designate it as a “non-hostile” country to ensure safe passage…
Over 1,300 OFWs brought home as Middle East heats up
Quick Take The Philippine government has assisted and repatriated over 1,300 overseas Filipino workers and their dependents from…
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,…
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…