Manila, March 28 -- The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) is pushing to expand its diaspora engagement that aims to strengthen its efforts to connect overseas Filipinos with the Philippines.

"Ang CFO ay hindi lang para sa PDOS (Pre-Departure Orientation Seminars) kundi para sa diaspora engagement. Hindi lang natin dapat binibilang kung ilan ang dumaan sa seminar, kundi kung paano natin sila natutulungan at paano rin sila nakakatulong sa bansa (The CFO is not just for PDOS but for diaspora engagement. We should not only count how many people go through the seminar, but also how we help them and how they contribute to the country)," CFO Secretary Dante Ang II said in an interview on Friday.

"Generally, yun na siguro dapat ma-shift sa...