JUST IN: The Comelec has extended the deadline for overseas Filipino voters to pre-enroll for internet voting from May 7 to May 10. More or less around 200,000 voters have pre-enrolled out of 1.2 million, or just around 16.38% of expected participants.

In Case You Missed It: Did you know that Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado allegedly barged into a Bureau of Immigration meeting to demand immediate approval for the e-gates project terms of reference, leading to an administrative complaint against him?

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https://www.rappler.com/philippines/immigration-chief-faces-complaint-alleged-illegal-intervention-e-gates-bidding/

Asher here sending this message from the PH Embassy in Brussels, Belgium. Printing of results is underway in the SBEI, but they have encountered a problem with the printer in the middle of the printing process. I have also heard SBEI officials hearing from other embassies that they have problems with their printers as well.

In Case You Missed It: Did you know that personal remittances from overseas Filipinos reached $3.13 billion in March, growing 2.6% despite calls for a 'zero remittance week'?

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https://www.rappler.com/business/ofw-remittances-march-2025/

In Case You Missed It: Did you know that former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque is currently facing non-bailable charges of qualified trafficking in persons, along with businesswoman Cassandra Ong and others? This case stems from a raid on a Philippine offshore gaming operator that allegedly operated a scam farm trafficking workers.

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https://www.rappler.com/philippines/arrest-warrant-harry-roque-cassandra-ong-porac-pogo/

Marcos appoints DMW undersecretary Caunan as new OWWA chief
Patricia Yvonne Caunan replaces Arnell Ignacio

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https://www.rappler.com/philippines/patricia-yvonne-caunan-owwa-chief/

[Time Trowel] OFW: Love, wrapped and sent
Could the story of OFWs also be seen as heritage, etched not in stone, but in corrugated cardboard, sachets of lotion, and recorded voices tucked into cassette tapes?

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https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/time-trowel-story-overseas-filipinos-heritage-balikbayan-boxes/

DMW eyes charges vs ex-OWWA chief Ignacio over alleged fund misuse
One established fact is that sacked OWWA chief Arnell Ignacio was involved in a P1.4-billion land acquisition transaction that bypassed the OWWA Board of Trustees, according to DMW Secretary Hans Cacdac

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https://www.rappler.com/philippines/dmw-eyes-charges-arnell-ignacio-alleged-fund-misuse/

[Edgewise] Racially slanted Trump immigration scheme bared
Forcefully constricting the entry of nonwhite immigrants through crackdowns and intimidation is emerging as the core of a reformulated US immigration policy

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https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/edgewise-racially-slanted-trump-immigration-scheme/

Who is Patricia Yvonne Caunan, new OWWA administrator?
The former Department of Migrant Workers undersecretary replaces sacked OWWA chief Arnell Ignacio

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https://www.rappler.com/people/profiles/things-to-know-patricia-yvonne-caunan-overseas-workers-welfare-administration-chief/

In Case You Missed It: Did you know that Arnell Ignacio, the former OWWA chief, claimed that a controversial P1.4-billion land transaction he was involved in was legal and had been discussed in official Senate meetings as far back as 2018?

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https://www.rappler.com/philippines/overseas-filipinos/ex-owwa-chief-arnell-ignacio-insists-land-transaction-aboveboard/

What we know so far about Arnell Ignacio’s P1.4-B anomalous land deal
In an initial investigation, the OWWA Board of Trustees finds several red flags in the land acquisition by sacked OWWA administrator Arnell Ignacio

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https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/explainers/things-to-know-arnell-ignacio-owwa-anomalous-land-deal/