President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday sought the passage of bills creating the Department of Overseas Filipinos and the Department of Disaster Resilience.

"I strongly urge congress to pass a law establishing the Department of Overseas Filipinos solely addressing the concerns of Filipinos abroad and their families," Duterte said in his State of the Nation Address (SONA).

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