A total of 498 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Davao region have benefited from the disbursement of livelihood grants under the "Balik Pinas! Balik Hanapbuhay!" Program (BPBH), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) reported on Friday, Sept. 23. (Photo by OWWA) With this...
A total of 24 distressed overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from Metro Manila have received P10,000 each as part of the livelihood assistance programs of the Overseas Worker Welfare Administration (OWWA). Some of the beneficiaries show the check worth P10,000 that they received from the Overseas...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople vowed to work harder in the service of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) following the approval of nearly P27 billion combined budget for them and its pivotal attached agency, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), in 2023. (Photo...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas isn’t sure if the P1.2-billion allocation to the Department of Migrant Workers’ (DMW) Aksyon Fund is enough to support the needs of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). OFWs returning from Ukraine (DFA PHOTO) During the House Committee on...
The chairperson of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs is incensed over the reported gang rape of a 13-year-old daughter of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Singapore. (Charles Deluvio/ Unsplash) “A different kind of trauma engulfs a migrant worker’s family faced with this...
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) announced on Friday, Sept. 2, that they were still accepting proposals and applications from groups of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) families who want to avail of up to P1-million business financial grant from the government. (Photo from OWWA)...
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Administrator Arnell Ignacio seems to be relentless in creating unique and broader programs for migrant workers as he made public on Friday, August 26, his vision of producing “scholars in music.” (File photo courtesy of Arnell Ignacio / Facebook)...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (PNA) – Three overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who have experienced difficulties working abroad have finally returned to their families in South Cotabato with the help of the government. The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) earlier made arrangements for their safe...
Veteran television host Arnell Ignacio marks his return to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), this time as the agency's new administrator. (File Photo) The Office of the Press Secretary confirmed this in a text message to Malacañang reporters on Wednesday morning, August 10. In...
The Commission on Audit (COA) issued a notice of disallowance (ND) against the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) for irregularities pertaining to their acquisition of P1,272,457 worth of Covid-19 supplies. The seal of the Commission on Audit In an audit released Tuesday, July 5, COA...
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Office 1 conferred the "Madaydayaw (Honorable)" award to the Department of the Interior and Local Government-Region 1 (DILG-Region 1) for the latter's assistance to the "Hatid-Sundo" program. DILG logo Headed by Director Julie J. Daquioag,...
Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Michael Defensor has called on the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to support the families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) based in Russia. Overseas Filipino workers (Photo by Ariel Fernandez/MANILA BULLETIN) “The global sanctions are bound to hit...
