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February 15, 2021

Villanueva presides over Labor Committee: Sen. Joel Villanueva, chairman of the Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, presides over a hybrid public hearing looking into several proposals seeking to create the Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFil), Department of Migration and Development and the National Overseas Employment Authority/Department of Overseas Employment. In his opening statement Monday, February 15, 2021, Villanueva said the creation of DOFil would ensure that the welfare and needs of overseas Filipinos and migrant workers who experience hardships in other countries and from being away from their families would be addressed. “This legislation is not about workforce reassignments. Creating the DOFil is about assigning new potent mandates that will empower the department and the constituency it serves,” Villanueva explained. (Alex Nueva España /Senate PRIB)

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