Guide to 2025 Online Voting for Overseas Filipinos

With just two days left before the start of internet voting for Filipinos abroad, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is reminding all overseas registered...

5 Reasons Why OEC Should Be Abolished

Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) is a document that overseas Filipino workers need to present to the Immigration Department upon leaving the Philippines for work...

4 Disgusting Family Habits That’s Bad for OFWs

Filipinos risk lives and go out of their comfort zones (comfort with family, access to favorite dishes, or TV drama) to work abroad. And...

Filipino Seafarers: Heroes of the Seas

As of 2021, it's estimated that there are around 400,000 Filipino seafarers working on ships globally, making them the largest nationality group in the...

Why Many OFWs Remain Mad Despite OWWA’s Efforts

The Philippines is one of the very few countries, if not the only one, that has government agencies that look after its citizens working...

How To Invest in Stock Market in the Philippines

Filipinos who wish to invest in the stock market will be excited to know that current times are ideal for getting into the business....

Advantages and Disadvantages of Working as Call Center Agents

BPO, or business process outsourcing, is a rapidly expanding industry that is also rapidly proliferating in the Philippines, as countries in the West realize...

One-Stop Service Center for OFWs Now Available at 15 Locations Nationwide

Frontline government services are now made further accessible to Filipinos who are currently working or planning to take up jobs abroad as the One-Stop...

5 Reasons Why OEC Should Be Abolished

Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) is a document that overseas Filipino workers need to present to the Immigration Department upon leaving the Philippines for work abroad. The main purpose of OEC is to provide proof that as OFWs, they are exempted from paying travel taxes and terminal fees. Once they present this document, along with their passports, OFWs are cleared to...

Tips For OFW Registration and Mandatory Online OEC Appointment

Change has indeed come! Last August 8, 2016, POEA issued a resolution stating that some groups of OFWS are already exempted from securing the OEC...

An Expat’s Life in Oman: An Experience Worth Anything

For long have experts debated over the strategic importance of countries like the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and the importance they hold...

OFW Business: Starting Your Cacao Farm Business

Recently, many Filipinos are now taking an interest in growing cocoa or cacao for a couple of reasons. First, it is not that expensive...

8 Things Filipino Seafarers Experience Before, During and After Deployment

Like many other overseas Filipino workers, Filipino seafarers also dream of a bright future for themselves and their families. No wonder they choose to go abroad rather than stay at comfortable yet low-paying jobs in the Philippines. But until they board a ship for duty, there are plenty of speculations on what could happen in the future. Planning certainly helps,...

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