President Duterte signs law creating Department of Migrant Workers

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Republic Act 11641 creating a Department of Migrant Workers. Under the law, the department will oversee all policies protecting the welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers, effectively assuming the functions in that regard of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration. The department, which shall be headed by a secretary and aided by four undersecretaries and assistant secretaries, will also formulate and promote policies aimed at the reintegration of OFWs […]