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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia – A group of undocumented Filipino overseas workers in Jeddah recently appealed to the Philippine Government for their immediate repatriation amid the intense crackdown of illegal expatriates and overstaying migrants in the kingdom.

Filipino migrant workers can now expect better health services as the Department of Health (DOH) officially ties up with the world’s principal intergovernmental organization in the field of migration on Friday. This was done during the signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the DOH and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) at the

More than 100 Filipinos, mostly from Riyadh and Dammam, have camped out at the vicinity of the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah in the wake of the three-month grace period for transferring sponsorship. Some of them are with their families.

Officials of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) urged overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Brunei to save for retirement.

The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) signed in March a Memorandum of Agreement with the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) for a research project that includes the evaluation of the Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) for migrants.

The Taiwan government has approved  a new wage increase for its workers that would benefit the monthly pay of some 1.7 million foreign workers including Filipinos.

The Philippine government on Wednesday downplayed North Korean’s warning to all foreigners to leave South Korea amid the volatile security situation in the peninsula.