Migrant workers office to serve sans budget, staff

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

Jun 25, 2022 12:12 am

EVEN without any approved budget and staffing pattern yet, incoming Migrant Workers secretary Susan 'Toots' Ople on Friday said her department will 'hit the ground running' as soon as her term begins on July 1.

Ople, a long-time overseas Filipino workers' rights activist, will only be the second Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) secretary since the agency was created through a law signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in December 2021.

Incoming Migrant Workers secretary Susan "Toots Ople. File Photo

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