A total of 40 distressed and displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Central Mindanao received P20,000 from the Balik Pinas, Balik Hanapbuhay (BPBH) Program, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) reported on Sunday, Nov. 6. OWWA Region 12 Director Marilou M. Sumalinog said the...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has instructed its attached agencies to assist the two Filipino seafarers onboard Korean Air flight KE631 that overran Mactan-Cebu International Airport's runway, late evening on Sunday, Oct. 23. In a press statement, DMW Secretary Susan Ople said officials...
A total of 20 displaced and distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat have received financial aid from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). According to OWWA Region 12, a total of 16 OFWs were given a financial grant from the Balik Pinas, Balik...
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has awarded the first tranche of livelihood grants to a group of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have been maintaining a local business in Negros Oriental. Executive Director Dindi Tan, of the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO), led...
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has urged the families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Philippines to refrain from treating their loved ones working abroad automated teller machines (ATMS) where they could withdraw cash anytime. OWWA Administrator Arnell Ignacio...
A total of seventeen returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Socksargen were given financial assistance by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Friday, Oct. 14. According to OWWA Region XII Regional Director Marilou M. Sumalinog, 13 of the OFWs were enlisted under the Balik...
The Muntinlupa City government and the Overseas Workers' Welfare Administration (OWWA) signed a memorandum of agreement on Oct. 13 for the opening of a help desk to assist overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families. Mayor Ruffy Biazon and OWWA Administrator Arnel Ignacio led the signing...
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and the local government of Muntinlupa City signed on Thursday, Oct. 13, a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the creation of an "OFW Help Desk" in a bid to facilitate social services to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The MoA signing was...
As a House panel moved to consolidate nine bills that seek to protect the remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), an official from the Department of Finance (DOF) warned that the country could lose as much as P3.5 billion if the proposed measure becomes law. Overseas Filipino workers...
At least 18 displaced and distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Socksargen region were given P20,000 each from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). According to OWWA Region XII, those provided with cash assistance were beneficiaries of the Balik Pinas, Balik Hanapbuhay...
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said it has coordinated with the local government of Muntinlupa City for the possible revival of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) "help desk" in the city to address the concerns of Filipino migrant workers and their families. (Photo: OWWA) OWWA...
A total of 353 repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Saudi Arabia were assisted by the Overseas Worker Welfare Administration (OWWA) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Friday afternoon, Sept. 23. A total of 353 repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Saudi Arabia...
