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by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium MANILA—CONTRACTS for overseas work over a five-year period benefited more rehired land-based overseas Filipino workers, government data reveal. ...
Tags: OFWs, newhires, rehires, migrant workers, deployment, OFW deployment, overseas employment, overseas Filipinos
by Jeremaiah M. Opiniano OFW Journalism Consortium [Reporting from Ibaan municipality, Batangas and Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. Some of the names were changed to protect against probable harm from persons scouring the news for potential victims]...
Tags: OFWs, OFW families, remittances, rural banks, rural bankers, financial literacy, financial education, financial counseling, overseas Filipinos
by Jeremaiah M. Opiniano OFW Journalism Consortium MANILA—NEWLY-RELEASED data on Italy’s migrant population by that country’s census registry showed that the number of documented Filipinos grew by 8,011 more in 2008. ISTAT (Istituto...
Tags: OFWs, overseas Filipinos, Italy, migration statistics, OFW statistics
by Jeremaiah M. Opiniano OFW Journalism Consortium PASAY CITY–Former Dubai-based bus driver Lisandro feels less awkward despite having been on the road on a passenger seat for over-10 hours. He and 136 male bus drivers have grown accustomed...
Tags: OFWs, migration, human mobility, Philippines, overseas Filipinos, human development