MANILA, Nov. 28 -- The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is ramping up its delivery efforts of thousands of long-delayed balikbayan boxes abandoned by erring forwarders.

In a press briefing Thursday, Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac warned overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to be mindful of the cargo forwarders they entrust with their balikbayan boxes.

He said the DMW is working with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and that in the following days, the department would name forwarders, which he called "scammers" that victimize OFWs.

"So you can see na (that) 95 percent nasa (in) Mindanao ang (the) accomplishment rate. And then the next task is Manila," he said.

Cacdac, meanwhile, named Makati Express as one of the cargo forwarders...