Duterte to certify bill creating OFW dep’t as urgent

President Duterte on Monday renewed his call for the creation of a new department that would cater to the needs of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). “I’d like to hurry up Congress in this. One of my proposals during the campaign period was the creation of [a Department of] Overseas Filipino [Workers]. So I propose in the coming months and I hope to come up with a Department of OFWs,” he said in a recorded address televised on Tuesday morning. —Jerome Aning