by Staff Report | Jan 17, 2019 | Feature
Following the death of the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) couple, Leomer and Erika Joyce Lagradilla, a fundraising page was created in order to collect enough funds to bring their remains back home. According to the page, a total of Php1,268,000 was needed to...
by Neil Arwin Mercado | Jan 17, 2019 | News
While acknowledging that lowering remittance charges in banks could be of help for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said the government could not compel private banks to lower the charges. In an interview with The Filipino Times at the...
by Staff Report | Jan 16, 2019 | EDITOR’S CHOICE, News, TOP STORIES
The government of Maldives said it will shoulder the repatriation of the remains of the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) couple who drowned while having their honeymoon in the island, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday, January 16. In a tweet,...
by Staff Report | Jan 16, 2019 | News
The remains of the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) couple who drowned to death while on their honeymoon in Maldives have been flown to Sri Lanka for embalming, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced. In a statement, DFA said that the remains of OFWs Leomer...
by Staff Report | Jan 15, 2019 | News
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) instructed the honorary consul in the Maldives to coordinate with the authorities there in the investigation of the death of the overseas Filipino (OFW) couple who drowned to their death while on their honeymoon. Foreign Affairs...
