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President Duterte signing Republic Act No. 11641 or the Act Creating the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on December 30, 2021. On July 12, 2019, during the Araw ng Pasasalamat for OFWs (Thanksgiving day for the Overseas Filipino Workers), President Duterte in a speech promised to finish the framework for the creation of a department that caters to the need of OFWs.
Hans Leo Javier Cacdac (born March 12, 1968) is a Filipino government official, migrant workers' advocate, and labor lawyer. He currently serves as the Secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in the Philippines, having been appointed by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in April 2024.
President Duterte would appoint Mama-o as the first secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in March 9, 2022. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] However the department is in a transition period and is expected to be fully operational by 2023.
Department of Health: Ted Herbosa: Isidro Purisima (Acting) Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity: June 23, 2023 Carlito Galvez Jr. Susan Ople: Secretary Department of Migrant Workers: August 22, 2023 Hans Leo Cacdac (OIC) Bongbong Marcos: Secretary ...
The agency was founded as the Welfare and Training Fund for Overseas Workers through Letter of Instruction No. 537, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on May 1, 1977. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] It was renamed into the OWWA through Executive Order No. 126, signed by President Corazon Aquino on January 30, 1987. [ 5 ]
The former labor contractor intimidated workers by confiscating their passports and failing to pay their wages, the federal agency said. US Labor Department cracks down on NC contractor for ...
The U.S. Border Patrol ran rampant through Bakersfield in what immigration advocates say was nothing but racial profiling aimed at intimidation. More such raids are coming.
During his 2016 campaign, Trump described the H-1B visa program — which grants highly skilled immigrants the authority to work legally in the US — as "very bad for workers" and called for an ...