Editors' Pick

FOR THE LONGEST time, Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) have kept the Philippine economy afloat, sending home billions in remittances representing nearly 11 percent of the country’s GDP. Hailed as “Bagong Bayani,” they sacrifice years of their lives abroad to support families and drive national progress—yet many return home with no stable safety net for their own old age. The painful gap is what the proposed OFW Pension Act (Senate Bill No. 252) seeks to address. Authored by Senator Erwin Tulfo, the...