SEN. Bong Go urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to promote the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and be ready to serve them anytime.
“Your office must be open to our fellowmen overseas and you must be ready to serve them 24/7 (round-the-clock),” Go said in Filipino.
The senator made the appeal on Wednesday during the Commission on Appointments (CA) hearing on the nomination and ad interim appointments of 24 senior and middle-level DFA officials.
They include former DFA secretary Enrique Manalo who was appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the Philippine permanent representative to the United Nations in New York. The CA confirmed their appointments.
Go said the “emotional reassurance for the families of overseas Filipino workers is just as critical as physical safety.”, This news data comes from:http://www.gangzhifhm.com
“They should have peace of mind. There must be an office they can readily call,” he added. BERNADETTE E. TAMAYO
Go said he filed Senate Bill 414 which will institutionalize the OFW Hospital in San Fernando City, Pampanga, a facility established during the Duterte administration in partnership with the Pampanga provincial government.
He also filed SB 1290, or the proposed “OFW Ward Act,” which mandates all Department of Health (DOH) hospitals to set up dedicated wards for OFWs and their families.
Sen. Go calls for round-the-clock DFA support for OFWs welfare
- Venezuela builds up border security over US warships
- Thailand set for vote on new PM after dissolution bid rejected
- Nartatez vows to be fair in making reassignments
- MMDA prepares for PH hosting of FIVB
- EU massive fine against Google draws Trump threat
- Alex Eala makes history With comeback victory at US Open
- Israeli forces seize nearly 0,000 in West Bank raid
- Australia's mushroom murderer faces victims' family in court
- 25 countries suspend postal services to US over tariffs – UN
- Ukraine eyes defense deal with PH that includes co-production of drones, says envoy
