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  1. FORTY-NINE overseas Filipino workers arrive at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on 23 October after availing of voluntary repatriation from Saudi Arabia amid rising tensions in the Middle East.

    49 more OFWs return from Saudi

    Forty-nine overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) returned from Saudi Arabia through voluntary repatriation amid Middle East tensions, bringing the total number of…

  2. SENATOR Christopher “Bong” Go

    Go seeks OFW protection amid unrest

    ‘Let us ensure that our injured countrymen receive the medical treatment and assistance they need. We must monitor their condition until they fully recover and…

  3. OWWA repatriating 149 KSA OFWs

    OWWA repatriating 149 KSA OFWs

    OWWA is preparing 149 overseas Filipino workers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for repatriation to the Philippines on 19 and 20 October using supplemental emergency…

  4. Saudi stranded OFWs set for repatriation

    Saudi stranded OFWs set for repatriation

    The Philippine government is arranging the repatriation of an initial 200 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in Saudi Arabia following attacks and the…

  5. SAFE return Department of Migrant Workers personnel welcome 17 Filipino seafarers who returned to Manila on 9 October 2026 after being caught in separate security incidents in the Strait of Hormuz.

    17 seafarers, 26 OFWs repatriated

    The DMW and OWWA directed the manning agencies to arrange physical and psychological examinations and debriefing sessions, if needed.

  6. Malaysia begins repatriating Myanmar migrants

    Malaysia begins repatriating Myanmar migrants

    Myanmar has pledged ‘safe and dignified’ returns for citizens displaced abroad, but more than 160 civil society groups last week called on Malaysia to halt the…

  7. RETURNING overseas Filipino workers and their dependents arrive at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in Pasay City following their repatriation from Kuwait aboard a Kuwait Airways flight. The group of 26 Filipinos — comprising nine adults and 17 minors — returned home after resolving visa expiration issues affecting the children in Kuwait.

    26 Pinoys repatriated from Kuwait

    Thirty-seven Filipinos, including 17 minors from Kuwait and 11 OFWs from Jeddah, return safely to the Philippines and receive government repatriation and…

  8. Remains of slain seaman repatriated

    Remains of slain seaman repatriated

    Remains of a Filipino chief engineer killed in the Strait of Hormuz return to the Philippines, while eight deported OFWs from Russia also receive repatriation…

  9. OWWA: 39 OFWs back from danger zones

    OWWA: 39 OFWs back from danger zones

    Thirty-nine Filipino workers from conflict-affected and high-risk areas return home as the government assists seafarers and OFWs affected by incidents in the…

  10. THE Strait of Hormuz

    Dozens of seafarers, land-based OFWs return

    Among those who arrived were eight distressed OFWs from Riyadh aboard Cebu Pacific Flight 5J741 and nine distressed OFWs from Hungary aboard China Eastern…

  11. THE final remaining Filipino crew member of the M/V CMA CGM San Antonio safely returned to the Philippines on Monday, arriving at NAIA Terminal 1 aboard Oman Air Flight WY 843. After being medically discharged and cleared for travel in Oman, the seafarer arrived with his sibling, who assisted him throughout his recovery.

    17 Filipino seafarers coming home

    Seventeen Filipino seafarers who survived the MV Minoan Dignity incident off Oman are set to return home, while officials work to repatriate the remains of a…

  12. TEN of the 12 Filipino seafarers of MV Minervagracht were repatriated to the Philippines on 4 October.

    22 Filipino seafarers repatriated

    Twenty-two Filipino seafarers returned home after being repatriated from Oman and Turkey following incidents involving missile and drone attacks, with OWWA and…

  13. 16 OFWs repatriated from Kuwait return home

    16 OFWs repatriated from Kuwait return home

    Sixteen OFWs from Kuwait safely return to the Philippines as DMW and OWWA provide assistance, reinforcing government efforts to protect migrant workers and…

  14. Nine Lebanon-stranded OFWs return home

    Nine Lebanon-stranded OFWs return home

    Nine Filipino seafarers stranded in Lebanon after their vessel was detained amid the Middle East conflict have returned home safely, with the government…

  15. IMMIGRATION officers conduct routine interviews to travelers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

    Immigration warns against backdoor travel

    The Bureau of Immigration warned Filipinos against illegal “backdoor” migration after repatriating 11 workers from Malaysia, citing risks of exploitation,…