THE proposed bill creating a Department for Migration and Development is not meant to encourage more Filipinos to work overseas, Sen. Joel Villanueva said on Thursday.

Villanueva, chairman of the Senate committee on labor, conducted a public hearing on Senate Bill 146 creating the DMD, a separate agency that will focus solely on the welfare and concerns of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

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