2017

• Passports with 10-year validity to be twice as costly, says DFA
• OFW remittances hit record $2.91 B in March
• OFW Bank will have Ph3 billion authorized capital
• Duterte back in PH with 150 OFWs granted amnesty
• Duterte bares creation of OFW department
• Palace describes Duterte’s visit in Gulf states as “moving”
• Philippines signs $175m in Middle East deals
• Duterte to bring home 16,000 jobs for Filipinos from Saudi deals
• Duterte encourages Saudi businessmen to invest in PH
• Bello wants collection of terminal fee from OFWs stopped ASAP