AN ACT TO PROVIDE A MANDATORY EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE FOR ALL LEGALLY EMPLOYED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS, PROVIDING MECHANISMS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT GRANTING BENEFITS AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO FORMER OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING COMPULSORY WELFARE INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR ALL OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS

AN ACT IMPROVING THE STANDARDS OF PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE FOR MIGRANT WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995

AN ACT EXEMPTING MONEY TRANSFERS TO THE PHILIPPINES BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS FROM THE DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 181 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING RETIREMENT, INSURANCE, HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS TO OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS (OCWS) AND THEIR BENEFICIARIES AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ‘MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995’, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS WORKERS BANK, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, FURTHER IMPROVING THE HIGHER STANDARDS OF PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF MIGRANT WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN DISTRESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL HOSPITAL FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS WORKERS BANK, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION AND CULTIVATION OF THE FILIPINO HERITAGE AMONG FILIPINOS OVERSEAS THROUGH THE TEACHING OF FILIPINO LANGUAGE AND HISTORY, ASSISTANCE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS AND FILIPINIANA RESOURCE CENTERS ABROAD, AND THE CREATION OF A COMMITTEE ON HERITAGE AND CULTURE FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINOS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN INTERIM CENSUS OF FILIPINOS RESIDING ABROAD AND TO REQUIRE THAT SUCH INDIVIDUALS BE INCLUDED IN REGULAR CENSUSES

AN ACT GRANTING FRANKING PRIVILEGE TO THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS

AN ACT CREATING THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW) MEDICAL CENTER DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT GRANTING A SPECIAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF FIFTEEN (15) DAYS A YEAR WITH FULL PAY TO ALL LEGITIMATE SPOUSES OF OVERSEAS WORKERS IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS

AN ACT PROMOTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISES BY OVERSEAS FILIPINOS (OFS), PROVIDING INCENTIVES AND BENEFITS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION AND CULTIVATION OF THE FILIPINO HERITAGE AMONG FILIPINOS OVERSEAS THROUGH THE TEACHING OF FILIPINO LANGUAGE AND HISTORY, ASSISTANCE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS AND FILIPINIANA CENTERS ABROAD AND ESTABLISHING A TRUST FUND THEREFOR

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WELFARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL HOSPITAL FOR OVERSEAS CONTRACT WORKERS (OCW) AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT IMPOSING PENALTIES ON PHILIPPINE CONSULAR OFFICIALS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT FAILURE TO ACT ON COMPLAINTS OF, GIVE ASSISTANCE TO OR RENDER SERVICES TO MIGRANT WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN DISTRESS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CREDIT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS WORKERS

AN ACT PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRANSFER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO PROFESSIONALS

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER IN THE PHILIPPINES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED PROFESSIONS BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO PROFESSIONALS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE REGULATORY FUNCTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA) AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995

AN ACT PROVIDING AN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN DISTRESS, BOTH DOCUMENTED AND UNDOCUMENTED, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE REGULATORY FUNCTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA), AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995

AN ACT CREATING THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS PENSION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL HOSPITAL FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

ANACT EXEMPTING MONEY TRANSFER TO THE PHILIPPINES OF OVERSEAS FOREIGN WORKERS FROM THE IMPOSITION OF DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 181 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'TAX REFORM ACT OF 1997', AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ESCALATING NUMBER OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS WHO HAVE BECOME COURIERS OF ILLEGAL DRUGS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE READINESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE) AND OTHER CONCERNED AGENCIES IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) WHO WERE LAID OFF FROM THEIR JOBS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING THE CONTINGENCY MEASURES IN PLACE TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF RETURNING OFWS IN ANTICIPATION OF MASSIVE RETRENCHMENTS DUE TO THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED NEED TO MONITOR THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION FUND AND USE THIS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOMENT, AND OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION TO EXERCISE UTMOST TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE DISBURSEMENT/UTILIZATION OF THE P250-MILLION FILIPINO EXPATRIATE LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT FUND, TO SHIELD IT FROM MISUSE, ABUSE AND CORRUPTION AND ENGENDER PUBLIC TRUST, IN THE NAME OF THE ROUGHLY 9 MILLION OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; AND FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STANDARD PROCEDURES FOLLOWED BY THE DIPLOMATIC POSTS AND THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS LABOR OFFICES (POLO) IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS INCLUDING THE RECENTLY REPORTED CASE OF FAILURE TO HELP AND ILL TREATMENT OF OFWS IN DISTRESS IN QATAR WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING MEANINGFUL AND HUMANE LEGISLATION FOR FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED CORRUPTION AT THE AIRPORT COMMITTED AGAINST OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS RECOMMENDING POLICY MEASURES TO PREVENT SIMILAR INCIDENT IN THE FUTURE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UNSCRUPULOUS PRACTICE OF ASKING FOR MONEY BY THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND NBI PERSONNEL AT THE NAIA FROM OFWS BEFORE FLYING OUT OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PLIGHT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN TAIWAN VIS-A-VIS THE FUNCTIONS AND ASSISTANCE TO OFWS EXTENDED BY THE MANILA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE (MECO) TO BRING ABOUT A MEANINGFUL OFW-CENTERED PHILIPPINE DIPLOMACY

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN RELATIONS; AND LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DISCRIMINATION SUFFERED BY THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, DEPRIVING THEM OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ACCESS OF PUBLIC SERVICES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND THE INEXORABLE NAME-CALLING AND PREJUDICED BRANDING OF FILIPINOS AND THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO MOBILIZE ITS AGENCIES AND EXHAUST MEASURES TO PROTECT THE FILIPINOS AND THE COUNTRY FROM UNDESERVED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL TO GRANT MULTIPLE-ENTRY VISAS TO FOREIGN EMPLOYERS WHO HIRE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLIGHT OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN TAIWAN TO ADDRESS THE UNJUST AND UNFAIR EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS THROUGH NON-ADHERENCE TO CONTRACTS AND TO INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGED INABILITY OF THE MANILA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE (MECO) TO MAKE REPRESENTATION IN BEHALF OF THE OFWS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLIGHT OF THE WORKERS RECRUITED BY H.M.O. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES AND SML HUMAN RESOURCES INC. TO WORK FOR JASSIM DECORATION AND SERVICES COMPANY IN DOHA, QATAR ALLEGEDLY VICTIMS OF CONTRACT SUBSTITUTION BY THEIR EMPLOYER AND TO LOOK INTO THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA) IN ITS NEGLIGENCE TO CURTAIL THE PRACTICE OF CONTRACT SUBSTITUTION BY AGENCIES AND EMPLOYERS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLIGHT OF THE FIFTY (5) OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) IN LIBYA, ALLEGEDLY VICTIMS OF CONTRACT SUBSTITUTION AND LABOR MALPRACTICES BY THEIR EMPLOYER AND THE APPARENT NEGLECT BY THE LABOR ATTACHE AND WELFARE OFFICER, AND RECOMMEND MEASURES THEREOF INCLUDING THE CANCELLATION OF THE LICENSE OF THE RECRUITMENT AGENCIES INVOLVED AND THE RECALL OF THE LABOR ATTACHE AND WELFARE OFFICER GUILTY OF NEGLIGENCE

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO LOOK INTO THE REPORTED INCREASE IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING ALLEGEDLY VICTIMIZING ILLEGAL MIGRANTS AND DISPLACED OFWS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE ONGOING WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC SLUMP WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF ASSESSING OUR ADHERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF WHICH WE ARE A PARTY THEREOF AS WELL FULL ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE PHILIPPINE CHINESE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED (PCCAI) AND FILIPINO-CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INCORPORATED (FCGCCI) FOR ITS PERSEVERANCE AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT TO THE CAUSE OF RELEASING FILIPINA OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER (OFW) NEMENCIA 'CECILLE' ARMIA-ALCARAZ FROM DEATH ROW IN TAIWAN

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT A REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECRUITMENT PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS IMPOSED BY THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY (POEA) WITH REGARD TO THE SO-CALLED 'LOW AND SEMI-SKILLED OVERSEAS WORKERS' DEFINED IN MEMORANDUM CIRCULARS 5 AND 6, SERIES OF 2009, AND TO ENSURE FAIR AND REASONABLE APPLICATION TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED REPORTS OF SEXUAL ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS)

RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING DIRECTOR FINARDO G. CABILAO OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD), FOR HIS NOBLE WORK AND SELFLESS SERVICE AS SOCIAL WELFARE ATTACHE' IN MALAYSIA, WHO UPHELD THE RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF OUR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND FOUGHT AGAINST THE PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN MALAYSIA, AND WHOSE DEATH EMPHASIZED THE VULNERABILITY OF EMBASSY PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO RESCUE DISTRESSED OFWS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) FUND AND OVERSEAS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) FUND AND THEIR FUNDED PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THEY HAVE ACTUALLY SERVED THE GENUINE INTERESTS OF OUR OVERSEAS FOREIGN WORKERS, AND RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE ACTION

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCREASING NUMBER OF RUNAWAY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DRAFTING MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD THE WELFARE OF OUR OFWS