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DMW Accelerates Services for OFWs with Digital Reforms and Regional Alignment

Gulf News 11 Feb 2026
... OEC into OFW Travel Pass. What UAE-based Filipinos need to know.DMW integrates OEC into OFW Travel Pass. What UAE-based Filipinos need to know.Philippines cuts OFW death row cases from 60 to 25 .
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Big relief for UAE OFWs: Department of Migrant Workers rolls out new digital reforms for faster services

The Times of India 11 Feb 2026
This approach could mean quicker action on complaints, improved protection for aspiring OFWs who face exploitation at recruitment stages and a more accessible complaints process for workers abroad.
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OFW parents reunite with son at his wedding after 3 years

The Philadelphia Inquirer 10 Feb 2026
... it became a setting to reunite with his parents, both overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), after three years of being apart.
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Govt reviews jailed OFW's case after request for clemency

The Manila Times 10 Feb 2026
MANILA, PhilippinesThe Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) is reviewing the legalities surrounding the case of a detained Filipino worker on her appeal for clemency ... ....
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OFWs in South Korea benefit from new wage hike

The Philippine Star 07 Feb 2026
More than 25,000 overseas Filipino workers in South Korea are set to benefit from a higher minimum wage following the implementation of a new hourly rate for 2026, the Department of Migrant Workers said ....
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OFWs in SKorea to receive pay hike

The Manila Times 06 Feb 2026
​OVERSEAS Filipino workers (OFWs) in South Korea will get a wage increase this year, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced Friday ... ​For OFWs, this translates to an average monthly wage of ...
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OFWs in South Korea to get pay hike

The Manila Times 06 Feb 2026
MANILA, PhilippinesOverseas Filipino workers (OFWs) based in South Korea are expected to get a pay hike this year, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Friday ... ....
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190 OFWs rescued from Cambodia scam hubs back in Manila

The Philadelphia Inquirer 05 Feb 2026
... workers (OFWs) rescued from Cambodia scam hubs, following a whole-of-government effort to assist the victims of human trafficking.
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OFWs and the Dutch Disease

The Manila Times 05 Feb 2026
This is the OFW story and our nation’s economic dependence on them. OFW remittances, which the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas expects to grow to $36.6 billion this year, is asymptomatic to what economists describe as the Dutch disease.
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