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Manila: Nine overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur have safely returned to the Philippines after being repatriated from the Middle East, following tensions between Israel and Iran. According to Philippines News Agency, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)-Ilocos regional office reported that eight of the OFWs came from Israel and one from Jordan. Their repatriation was facilitated on June 24, despite earlier flight disruptions caused by Qatar’s temporary airspace closure. Their flights were successfully re-routed, and they arrived at NAIA Terminal 3 accompanied by Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac and Undersecretary Venecio Legaspi.

Manila: At least 21 local government units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas received laptops from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) during the launch of Project Courses for Literacy in Internet and Computer Knowledge (CLICK) in Palo, Leyte. According to Philippines News Agency, recipients of the laptops include the provincial government of Biliran and one of its municipalities, Caibiran; the municipalities of Sta Rita, San Sebastian, Marabut, and Jiabong in Samar province; Liloan, Anahawan, and Saint Bernard in Southern Leyte; Alangalang, Tolosa, Calubian, Carigara, MacArthur, and Matag-ob in Leyte; San Julian, Hernani, Lawaan, and San Policarpo in Eastern Samar

Manila: The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is preparing for the arrival of the second batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) repatriated from Israel due to the Israel-Iran conflict. ‘Mayroon po tayong ina-arrange na mga OFWs na maaari pong this weekend, may pinaplantsa lang po tayong arrangement in terms of their flight details (We are arranging for OFWs who can come this weekend, we are just ironing out arrangements in terms of their flight details),’ Migrant Workers Undersecretary Felicitas Bay said in an interview over PTV’s Bagong Pilipinas on Thursday. According to Philippines News Agency, Bay mentioned that this weekend,

Para±aque: Nine South Korean nationals allegedly involved in an online loan fraud scheme were arrested following a joint operation headed by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Para±aque City. According to Philippines News Agency, BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado stated that the operation was conducted on Wednesday evening and lasted until the early hours of Thursday. The illegal activity was discovered when BI operatives, alongside National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) personnel, executed a mission order against two other foreign fugitives at a condominium unit in the city. The nine South Korean nationals, aged between 29 and 31, were apprehended while

Laoag City: The Social Security System (SSS) has issued show-cause orders to at least five employers in this city who have been delinquent in paying the contributions of their employees. In a media interview, Richard Raralio, branch manager of SSS-Laoag City, stated that these establishments have been given 15 days to comply with the requirements as prescribed under Republic Act (RA) 11199 or the Social Security Act of 2018. According to Philippines News Agency, the operation targets businesses, mostly based in this city and nearby San Nicolas town, suspected of violating SSS regulations. These violations include non-registration, failure to report