A total of 57 Abu Dhabi-bound overseas Filipino workers who were stranded at Hong Kong International Airport have returned to Manila early Monday (March 2, 2026), assisted by teams from the Department of Migrant Workers and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. Before their return, the stranded #OFWs were provided food and other necessary assistance at the airport. Government agencies continue to provide assistance to stranded overseas Filipino workers headed for the Middle East amid rising tensions in the region. | DMW photos
The World Bank, through its Grant Facility for Project Preparation (GFPP), approved three new grants this year to boost jobs and reduce poverty in the Philippines, the Department of Finance (DOF) said Friday.
Grants are financial assistance from development partners provided at no cost to the Philippine government, fully funding critical preparatory work and enabling the government to preserve fiscal space while advancing priority projects. https://t.co/1jyoN1azw2
Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac on Monday (March 2, 2026) says they have already talked with the family of Mary Anne de Vera, who died following an Iranian missile attack in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Cacdac said there are around 80 to 100 OFWs in Dubai who already asked to be repatriated. He said there are also a number of repatriation requests from OFWs in Israel, Bahrain and Qatar. However, he stressed that there is a difficulty transporting them by air due to escalating tensions, but assured that the DMW is looking for ways to get them out of there and bring them home.| Marita Moaje
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) chief Patricia Yvonne Caunan on Monday (March 2, 2026) says the agency has already assisted a total of 768 affected OFWs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminals 1 and 3, whose flights were affected by the ongoing Middle East tensions.
She said 132 OFWs were also assisted by the Migrant Workers Office in Hong Kong bound for Riyadh and Dubai were assisted after their flights were cancelled. | Marita Moaje (Screengrab from RTVM)
HAPPENING NOW: The nine Filipino crew members of MV Eternity C that was attacked by Houthi rebels off Yemen in July arrive safely at the NAIA Terminal 1 on Thursday (Dec. 4, 2025) evening.
Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac welcomed the group, together with other other government officials and the seafarers’ families. l via Marita Moaje; (Video courtesy of DMW)
HABEMUS PAPAM! Shortly after 6 p.m. Rome time and past midnight Philippine time on Friday (May 9, 2025), white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, announcing that a new Pope had been chosen. (Photo screenshot from Vatican Media)
The Quezon City government has advised motorists Thursday (July 18) to use alternate routes as heavy traffic is expected along Commonwealth Avenue and the vicinity of the Batasang Pambansa Complex on Monday (July 22), the 3rd #SONA2024 of Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. @maritamoaje
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@PLDT_Cares wag nto naman gawing bisyo aba..linggo linggo nawawalan ng internet service.tapos ang bayad buo tas pag na late pa putol...kakabayad lang last wee me service interruption na naman????