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OWWA-RWO 13 FACILITATES 10K LIVELIHOOD GRANT
Thursday 23rd of May 2013
BUTUAN CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office 13 in line with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the National Reintegration Center for OFWs “Balik Pinas, Balik Hanapbuhay Program” continues to provide assistance for distressed and displaced Caraganon OFWs.
The Balik Pinas, Balik Hanapbuhay Program aims to provide assistance to OFWs who are unsuccessful in their flight abroad due to the following reasons: maltreatment by the employer, poor working place/ condition, unpaid salary, contract violation, political unrest, global economic crisis, health problems and unjust termin...
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08May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 8 (PIA) -- New beneficiaries of the scholarship programs of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Region 12 inked a memorandum of agreement that finalized their status as official OWWA scholars starting this school year 2013-2014. The new scholars, one for Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP), three for Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program (CMWSP), and 56 for the OFW Dependents Scholarship Program (ODSP), along with their p...
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02May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 2 (PIA) -- Nineteen women former overseas Filipino workers yesterday received check of P10,0000 each that they can use to start an enterprise. Abdulghani K. Umag, regional director of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) 12, the assistance was distributed under the re-integration program Balik Pinay, Balik Hanapbuhay program. “The recipients of grants today (May 1) is part of the 52 ...
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02May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 2 (PIA) -- In line with the celebration of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration’s 31st anniversary, OWWA-Regional Welfare Office in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OWWA-ARMM) prepared simple yet significant activities to give due recognition to the contribution of OFWs around the world. OFWs and their families from neighboring towns will attend a lecture on migration reality issues and basic financial literacy training today at the OWWA-ARMM ...
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02May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 2 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao joined the whole nation in celebrating the 111th Labor Day by offering services for overseas Filipino workers and their families. On May 1, OWWA-ARMM facilitated “Libreng Tawag” for OFWs and their dependents at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex in Cotabato City. Interested OFWs and family members who went to the Labor Day site, we...
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25Apr2013MANILA, April 25 (PIA) – Vice President and Presidential Assistant on Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Concerns chief Jejomar C. Binay cited the Philippine Embassy in Damascus, Syria for its nonstop assistance to thousands of OFWs. The OFWs are seeking repatriation in conflict-ridden Syria including two domestic workers who were employed by a cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “We must commend the entire workforce of the Philippine Embassy in Damascus, Syria including the members o...
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22Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 22 (PIA) -- Driven by a strong urge to help scholars improve their individual academic performances and personality, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) 12 gathered its educational program beneficiaries in a conference at EMR Center, Koronadal City on April 18 and 19. Seventy scholars from the entire region participated in the event: 12 from North Cotabato, 19 from Sarangani and General Santos, 5 from Sultan Kudarat, and 33 from South C...
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08Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 8 (PIA) -- Words cannot express the feeling of OFW Evangeline Gloria when she found out that her daughter is one of the new scholars of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Evangeline has been working in Dubai for almost 8 years and her hard work paid off when the news broke that her daughter ranked 21st among 105 passers of the Education for Development Scholarship Program of OWWA across the country. “Indeed, it is a very big help since ...
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05Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 5 (PIA) -- Six students from Western Visayas have qualified for the Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). OWWA-6 officer-in-charge Reynold T. Pigar said among the 100 national qualifiers for the EDSP are three high school graduates from Iloilo, two from Aklan and one from Antique. The following are the qualifiers from Iloilo: Christine Angelica Leal Losañes and Romie Angelo Granja Azur, both from the Phil...
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04Apr2013LUNGSOD NG COTABATO, Abril 4 (PIA) -- Dalawang anak ng OFW mula sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ang mapalad na napabilang sa mga bagong iskolar ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration o OWWA. Sina Ahmed Razlie M. Sahibul at si Harlene Joie J. Sawadjaan mula sa Sulu National High School sa Jolo, Sulu ay nakapasa sa ginawang qualifying exams para sa Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program (CMWSP) noong nakaraang Nobyembre 2012. Ang mga bagong iskolar ay maaaring kumuha ng s...
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03Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 3 (PIA) -- Five OFW dependents from the Soccsksargen region passed the qualifying exams for two scholarship programs of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Two qualified for the Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) while three others are for the Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program (CMWSP). The EDSP passers are Gabrielle Faith T. Gloria of San Lorenzo Academy in Polomolok, South Cotabato and Krystianne Paul De...
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03Apr2013COTABATO CITY, April 3 (PIA) -- Two deserving children of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are among the new batch of scholars of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Ahmed Razlie M. Sahibul and Harlene Joie J. Sawadjaan both from Sulu National High School in Jolo, Sulu passed the qualifying exams for the Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program (CMWSP) for school year 2013. They are now entitled to enroll in any scie...
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01Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, April 1 (PIA) -- Hinihikayat ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration –12 ang mga OFW at kanilang kamag-anak sa Soccsksargen Region na gawing makabuluhan ang bakasyon sa pamamagitan ng pagenroll sa libreng computer training ng OWWA. Malaking tulong ang libreng computer training na ito lalo na sa mga OFW upang mabigyan sila ng karagdagang kaalaman sa larangan ng Information Technology o IT na isa sa mga kinakailangan sa paghahanap ng trabaho ngayon. Ang...
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01Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 1 (PIA) -- Some 300 graduating students of Mindanao Polytechnic College (MPC) in General Santos City were recently visited by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-12 for a briefer on its programs and services. OWWA-12 Director Abdulghani Umag served as the resource speaker in one of the school’s pre-employment program for the graduating batch consisting of maritime and non-maritime students. Dir. Umag emphasized the importance of the Seafarer’s...
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21Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- Seventy two slots are open for dependents of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Western Visayas who want to avail of the scholarship program offered by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) for the school year 2013-2014. Rizza Joy Mapa, OWWA-6 Welfare Officer, said the OFW Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP) is an educational assistance offered to qualified dependents of OFWs who intend to pursue any four-year or five-year baccalaureate degree o...
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19Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 19 (PIA) -- Nagpirmahanay sang memorandum of agreement (MOA) sa tunga sang duha ka pribado nga kolehiyo sa banwa sang Midyasap sa North Cotabato kag gobyerno sa tuyo nga ang mga bata sang Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) nga wala makatapos sa kolehiyo sa subong may higayon nga makaagum sang libre nga edukasyon. Mga tiglawas sang Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) sa rehiyon 12, Notre Dame of Midsayap College (NDMC) kag I-Link College of Scien...
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15Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office (OWWA-RWO) VI offers free Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills trainings to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents this summer. This is in line with the thrust of OWWA in advocating “unlimited potential” programs for OFWs and their dependents. The main goal of the ICT Program is to bridge the communication gap between the OFW and his/her family throug...
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06Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Mar. 6 (PIA) -- Nilagdaan kamakailan ng mga opisyal ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Region 12, Notre Dame of Midsayap College at I-Link College of Science and Technology sa Midsayap, North Cotabato ang isang memorandum of agreement na magbibigay ng karagdagang oportunidad sa mga overseas Filipino workers at kanilang mga benepisyaryo. Ang nasabing MOA ay naglalayong mapabuti ang pagbibigay ng benepisyong pang-edukasyon at pagsasanay para s...
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06Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Mar. 6 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Region 12 (OWWA 12) inked a Memorandum of Agreement with two schools in Midsayap, North Cotabato to intensify its education programs for OFW dependents. The signing was led by OWWA-12 Dir. Abdulghani Umag together with Fr. Rogelio Tabuada, OMI, president of the Notre Dame of Midsayap College (NDMC) and Westre Santos, vice president of I-Link College of Science and Technology. The agreement strengthen...
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05Mar2013DAGUPAN CITY, March 5 - Pangasinenses seeking for employment abroad need not go to the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA) regional office in La Union to process their documents. Emmanuel Diaz, overseas workers and welfare officer for Region 1, said that his office has five satellite offices in Pangasinan where job seekers can process their documents. These offices are located at the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) offices in Dagupan City, Alaminos City, Rosales and a...
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22Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 22 (PIA) -- Overseas Filipino Workers from the Soccsksargen Region can now fast-track their Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) thanks to the opening of the one-stop processing center (OSPC) in Koronadal City last Monday, February 18. The OSPC is located at the OWWA-12 Office at Ilao Bldg. Judge Alba St., Brgy. Zone 3, this city. Every migrant worker residing in the region have been dreaming of such service - basically to provide convenience and hasten ...
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20Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb.20 (PIA) -- Noong nakaraang Hulyo 2012, habang nagtatrabaho sa barko ang seaman na si Larry Yangyang, nagtamo siya ng pinsala sa kanyang kaliwang hintuturo na nagdulot sa agaran niyang pag-uwi sa Pilipinas. Sa isang incident report, sinabi ni Kier Bremer, Skipper ng Orient Star LLP, “sinisiguro ni Larry na hindi mapuputol ang net ngunit habang hinihila niya ito, aksidenteng sumabit ang kanyang hintuturo sa net drum na naging sanhi ng pagkapinsala nito...
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19Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 19 (PIA) -- Last July 20, 2012, seafarer Larry Yangyang, a deckhand of the Orient Star LLP suffered from an injury in his left index finger which resulted to his immediate repatriation. In an incident report, Kier Bremer, a skipper of the Orient Star LLP said, "Larry was then watching and making sure the net will not be broken. As he was trying to pull the net, his left index finger was accidentally caught in a net drum which resulted to its injury." Aft...
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07Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Feb. 7 -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is encouraging all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to register and become OWWA members no matter where in the world they may be working. “While we provide assistance to all OFWs, it is only the members who can enjoy most of the benefits provided by our office,” OWWA XI Regional Director Ma. Elvira Arcilla Ador said during Monday’s Convocation held at the Provincial Capitol. However, she said, OWWA does not receive ...
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06Feb2013COTABATO CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- Some 61 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWS) and their dependents received their certificates of completion from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)- Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in a graduation ceremony held last week. The scholars are from three batches, who have successfully completed the one month training under the OWWA IT Program. At the culmination ceremonies, DOLE-ARMM Regional Secretary, Hon. Muslimin Jann A. Jakilan urged th...
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25Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Adminstration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OWWA-ARMM) conducted its orientation and Entrepreneurship Development Training/ Financial Literacy on January 22. Beneficiaries of deceased Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) under the Education and Livelihood Assistance Program (ELAP) attended the said event. ELAP is designed primarily for survivors of deceased OFWs who were active OWWA members at the time of ...
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09Jan2013KALIBO, Aklan, Jan. 9 (PIA6) -- Thirteen Aklanon Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) availed recently of a total of P14.150 million loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) Kalibo Branch through its Iloilo Lending Center. Approval of the loans for Aklan’s OFWs, according to Landbank-Kalibo, is a result of a forged partnership between LBP and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to provide sustainable livelihood opportunities for affected and returning OFWs whose working ...
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19Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec 19 (PIA) -- Part of the total 7,500 families overseas workers hailing from the disaster stricken areas in the region each received P5,000 assistance from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in a simple ceremony at its regional welfare office Tuesday. Carmelita Dimzon, administrator of the OWWA said, the P60 million financial relief assistance to the families of overseas foreign workers affected by typhoon Pablo in Davao Region is a simple government gesture to sho...
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14Dec2012MARIKINA CITY, Dec 14 (PIA) -- The city government of Marikina will soon open a help desk center for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). This is after the city council recently passed Ordinance No. 71 of 2012 or “Ordinance establishing the OFW and the Family Circle Help Desk Center under the Labor Relations and Public Employment Service Office (LRPESO) in the City of Marikina.” Marikina City Mayor Del De Guzman said that help desk center is a small help to OFWs in recognition of their noble...
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11Dec2012LAOAG CITY, Dec. 11 (PIA) -- Just in time for the season of gift-giving, a three-day livelihood and skills training on souvenir gift item- making conducted by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) was given to 31 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) coming from the different towns of Ilocos Norte last December 3-5 at the Ilocos Norte provincial capitol auditorium. The event was organized as part of the “Balik-Pinas, Balik-Hanapbuhay” program of the National Reintegration...
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10Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dis. 10 (PIA) -- Aabot sa dalawang libong mga OFWs at kanilang pamilya mula sa iba’t-ibang bahagi ng SOCCSKSARGEN ang inaasahang dadalo sa 2012 OFW Family Day sa Municipal GymnasiumTupi, South Cotabato sa darating na ika-14 ng Disyembre. Ito ay pangungunahan ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration –Region 12 sa pakikipagtulungan ng iba’t-ibang ahensya ng gobyerno at mga pribadong kumpanya sa pagpapalaganap at pangangalaga sa kapakanan ng Overseas Filipin...
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10Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 10 (PIA) --Handang-handa na ang Overseas Workers Welfare Administration sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao o OWWA-ARMM para sa selebrasyon ng OFW Family Day sa darating na Sabado, December 15. Higit sa 500 Overseas Filipino Workers at kanilang pamilya ang inaasahang dadalo sa nasabing programa na gaganapin sa Cotabato City Central Pilot Elem. School. Ayon kay Programs and Services Division OIC, Christelyn R. Caceres, iba’t-ibang sorpresa ang i...
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10Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 10 (PIA) -- Some 2,000 OFWs and their families from the Soccsksargen Region or Region 12 are expected to join the celebration of 2012 OFW Family Day at Tupi, South Cotabato on December 14. Spearheaded by Overseas Workers Welfare Administraion-Region 12 in partnership with the different line agencies and private entities on the promotion and welfare of the Overseas Filipino Workers, the celebration will be held at Tupi Municipal Gymnasium. Programs and S...
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10Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 10 (PIA) -- Preparations for the OFW Family Day Celebration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao are all set according to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in the Region. Over 500 Overseas Filipino Workers and their families are expected to attend the fun-filled activity on Saturday, December 15 at Cotabato City Central Pilot Elementary School. Programs and Services Division, OIC, Christelyn R. Caceres said that they have prepared surprises...
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06Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 6 (PIA)-- Over 120 OFWs and beneficiaries from the far-flung island of Tawi-Tawi participated in a capability-building training of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The training focused on entrepreneurial development, financial literacy, organizational development and values formation. The first round of training was participated by 63 participants from Bongao Women Entrepreneur, Malanta OFW Associatio...
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29Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 29 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has recently submitted all requirements for its entry to the 1st ever Search for the Best OFW Family Circle Awards which will be held in Manila on December 6, 2012. The documentation is composed of a narrative report, certifications, pictures and information of the OFW Family Circle (OFC’s) support and involvement in OWWA programs and activities, per...
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27Nov2012CEBU CITY Nov. 27 (PIA) -- The first Regional Forum on Migration held outside Metro Manila was conducted in Cebu on Nov. 23, 2012 at the Pag-Ibig Auditorium with the theme: “Reintegration and Development: Partnership and Challenges." The forum marked the celebration of the Month of Overseas Filipinos and International Migrants Day with the nationwide theme “Strengthening the Partnership between Overseas Filipinos and LGUs Towards Sustainable Development of Communities.” The same forum ...
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26Nov2012QUEZON CITY, Nov. 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment has designated the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) as the official and only authorized entity to handle pre-departure orientation seminars (PDOS) for household service workers (HSWs). The Labor Department's decision for OWWA’s mandatory conduct of such seminars to service workers is geared to prevent cases of culture shock, maltreatment, rape, and other severe untoward incidents gathered by welfare officers abro...
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23Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 23 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao conducted a series of training for seven OFW Family Circles (OFCs) from Matanog, Maguindanao last week. The OFCs underwent four trainings, namely: entrepreneurship, financial literacy, values formation, and organizational development. These training focused on various social, cognitive values formation activities, leadership, handling meetings and managing co...
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22Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 22 (PIA) -- Fifty-two Public OFW Desk Officers (PODO) from the different provinces of Region 12 will participate in a two-day Customer Service Skills Training starting today. Spearheaded by Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) 12 in coordination with Power Coach Workshop, the training is being conducted at Lemlunay Beach Resort in Maasim, Saranggani Province. Programs and Services Division Officer-in-charge Marilou M. Sumalinog said the training...
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12Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov 12 (PIA)- With barely a week before the Scholarship Qualifying Examinations, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration- Region 12 is conducting a free review classes at its regional office for 150 hopeful OFW dependents. Programs and Services Division Officer-in-Charge Marilou M. Sumalinog said examinees from North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, General Santos City and Saranggani already had their review sessions last November 10 and 11, while examinees from Sou...
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09Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 9 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-12) here with other government agencies, has sought partnership with local government units in the Campaign Against Illegal Recruitment, Trafficking in persons and Irregular Migration (CAIRTIM). Other agencies involved in the advocacy are the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), and the Commission on...
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27Sep2012SOUTHERN LEYTE, Sept 27 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration – 8 continues to implement the Skills for Employment Scholarship Program (SESP) in Eastern Visayas. Ryan Gabriel Arcenas from OWWA-8 said the SESP is a scholarship program for those land-based or sea-based OWWA member-overseas Filipino workers, their dependents, or beneficiaries. He said the program offers six-months vocational and a one-year technical course. “The qualified applicant for one-year technical cou...
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27Sep2012BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 27 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) head office has reviewed and evaluated the OWWA-Caraga’s Loan Programs. Among the programs reviewed were Groceria Project, Filipino Expatriate Livelihood Support Fund (FELSF), Livelihood Development Program for Overseas Filipino Workers (LDPO), and the P2-billion Reintegration Loan Program. Implementers and loan applicants were interviewed and asked for feedback. Seaman Arturo Nietes, who was able to avail a l...
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10Aug2012DAVAO CITY, Aug. 10 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is accepting applications for its Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) for school year 2013-2014. Ma. Elvira Ador, OWWA-XI regional director, said this scholarship grant is offered to qualified dependents of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), who are members of OWWA. Eligible applicants must meet the following requirements: must be a child of a married OWWA member or brother/sister of an unmarried O...
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09Aug2012DAVAO CITY, Aug. 9 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in the region is inviting stakeholders to nominate their model Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) family for the 2012 Model OFW Family of the year Awards or MOFYA. OWWA-XI Regional Director Ma. Elvira Ador has urged OFW non-government organizations, peoples’ organizations, religious groups, community-based socio-civic organizations and local government units to submit their nominations on September 17. Ador said the...
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07Aug2012ILOILO CITY, Aug 7 (PIA6) - - The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration 6 (OWWA 6) has moved to an earlier date the deadline for the submission of the requirements for its Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) from September 30 to August 30, 2012. OWWA 6 Information Officer Rizza Joy Mapa said this is because the qualifying examination for the EDSP which is administered by the Department of Science and Technology has also been reset to an earlier date. On the other hand, Map...
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05Jul2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union July 5 (PIA) -- Fifty-two OFW returnees and dependents in La Union underwent a 5-day skills training on wellness massage on June 11-15 at the ORT Coop Training Center here. According to Amapola Z. Villar, Labor Communications Officer of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Regional Welfare Office 1 (OWWA-RWO1), after the skills training on Cosmetology in the region, OWWA Regional Welfare Office I again implemented another livelihood program for returning OFWs...
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18Jun2012ILOILO CITY, June 18 (PIA) -- More Overseas Filipino Workers have been encouraged to join the Social Security System because of its cash and travel package promo. The SSS has been promoting its Member-Get-Member (MGM) program for OFWs, for the latter to spread the good news of affordable social security protection, said SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emilio De Quiros during a press briefing in Iloilo City. The SSS top officers were in Iloilo for dialogue with members, pensioner...
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12Jun2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, June 12 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration 1 (OWWA-R1) said that its’ 3K Fun Run was a success despite heavy rains here last June 3. Of the more than 200 expected participants, according to OWWA 1 Labor Communication Officer Amapola Z. Villar, 122 runners registered early Sunday to compete in the fun run. Villar said the program started at 5:30 in the morning followed by a brief discussion on the mechanics of the race as participant’s warm-up ...
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08Jun2012BUTUAN, Hunyo 8 (PIA) -- Upang mabigyang kaukulang pansin ang mga hinaing ng mga Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) sa rehiyon, sinabi ng opisyal ng Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA)- Caraga na ito'y handang tumugon sa kanilang mga problema. Sinabi ni Ritchel Molero, public information officer ng tanggapan, na nakaantabay ang 24/7 office center sa lahat ng regional welfare offices sa bansa upang siguruhin na ang OFWs at ang kani-kanilang pamilya ay mabibigyan ng kaukulang serbisyo...
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07Jun2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, June 7 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Eastern Visayas will pay tribute to 800 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families, today. OWWA 8 Director Evangeline Filamor said that the activity, which is dubbed as Araw ng Pasasalamat, will be a whole day event in Leyte Provincial Capitol Gymnasium. This event is in line with the Migrant Workers Day celebration. OWWA has lined up various activities aimed at making the day memorable for th...
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07Jun2012ILOILO CITY, June 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 6 and in partnership with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) Iloilo Chapter will conduct a job fair dubbed “Kalayaan Job Fair” on June 12 to mark the 114th anniversary of Philippine Independence Day. Preparations for the activity were laid down at a multi-sectoral meeting held on June 5 at Sarabia Manor Hotel, this city. As of date, 60 companies have signified their intention to...
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06Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 6 (PIA) –- To better serve the concerns of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA)-Caraga informed the public that their office is ready to address them. Ritchel Molero, OWWA-Caraga public information officer, said 24/7 office centers have been setup in all regional welfare offices in the country to ensure that OFWs and their families will be properly served. Molero added that the 24/7 Operation (OP Center) is tasked to monito...
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05Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 5 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is gearing up for the celebration of the Migrant Workers’ Day on Thursday, June 7 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) Gymnasium. With the theme “Serbisyo at Oportunidad Para sa OFW at Pamilya,” the celebration will highlight the respective roles of OWWA’s partners in government and in the private sector on the promotion of the well-being and protection of the Overs...
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04Jun2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, Hunyo 4 (PIA) -- Patuloy ang panawagan ng Public Service Employment Office (PESO) sa lungsod ng Koronadal para sa mga aktibo at dating Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) na residente ng Rehiyon 12 na magpatala para sa pagdiriwang ng 2012 Migrant Workers Day na sabayang gagawin sa iba’t-ibang panig ng bansa sa Hunyo 7. Sa Rehiyon Dose, ang isang araw na aktibidad ay gagawin sa South Cotabato Gymnasium and Cultural Center, ayon kay Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (O...
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01Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 1 (PIA) -- Reintegration as a way of mainstreaming returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) into society was the main salient point tackled during the consultation meeting with OFWs and institutional partners held recently at the Garden Orchid Hotel here. The event underscored specific guidelines and tapped line agencies to avail of the P2-billion Reintegration Program, a loan facility for enterprise development where a member OFW or their legal dependents can avail of lo...
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31May2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union May 31 (PIA) -- A Support Learning Activity (SLA) was recently conducted by Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office I (OWWA RWOI). According to Labor Communications Officer Amapola Z. Villar, this is intended to assist all the scholars of Education and Livelihood Assistance Program (ELAP), Education and Development Scholarship Program (EDSP), and Overseas Filipino Workers Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP) to maintain good relationship wit...
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22May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 22 (PIA) -- Kanu kinasagad nu kinapangden nu team building, inibpalumanan su kadsapa kanu ka-iklas a para sa mapiya a ukit endo malilintad kanu kabpanggulalan sa kanilan a galabaken nu mga mapulo ataw ka su mga kawani nu Overseas Workers Welfare Administration nu Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OWWA-ARMM). Su kinapangumbal nu aktibidad nu Team Building kanu May 11-13, sa Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, na aden lakit lambay nin kanu kapadsilibrit sa ika-30 a ...
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21May2012MANILA, May 21 (PIA) -- Naglagda sang sini lang sang isa ka Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) ang Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) kag Commission on Elections (COMELEC) tuhoy sa paglansar sang Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) Registration Center sa talatapan sang OWWA sa Intramuros, Manila. Suno sa isa ka report sang OWWA nga nabalhag sa ila website (www.gov.ph), ini bilang pagpanghanda para sa piniliay nga hiwaton sa Mayo 13 sang masunod ...
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21May2012COTABATO CITY, May 21 (PIA) --Pagkaraang sumailalim sa dalawang araw na team building, muling nanumpa ng katapatan para sa maayos at masiglang pagtupad sa kani-kanilang tungkulin ang mga opisyal at kawani ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration ng Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OWWA-ARMM). Ang pagsasagawa ng aktibidad ng Team Building noong May 11-13, sa Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, ay bahagi ng pagdiriwang ng ika-30 taong anibersaryo ng OWWA-ARMM sa taong ito na nagsilbi ring pagpahah...
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15May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 15 (PIA) –- Overseas Workers Welfare Administrator (OWWA) Administrator Carmelita S. Dimzon challenged overseas Filipino workers (OFW) dependent-scholars not only to finish their education but to graduate with honors and exemplary recognition to inspire the youth and bring honor to their parents. During her recent visit here to award the scholarship grant amounting to P220,000 in time with the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of OWWA, the official challenged the scholars...
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15May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 15 (PIA) –- More than 500 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from Caraga Region have undergone training to avail the P2 billion reintegration program of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). This was learned from Ritchel Molero, OWWA-Caraga information officer. She cited that since the implementation of the program, no OFW from the region have benefitted yet from this national government-initiated program aimed to assist the OFWs and their beneficiaries to establ...
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14May2012CEBU CITY, May 14 (PIA) -- Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are urged to maximize the gains of overseas employment as government, through the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), provides entrepreneurship capability training and offers a special loan program to undertake micro enterprise development. Maricel Regasajo, labor communications officer of the OWWA 7, said their National Reintegration Program (NRP) for OFWs aims to address the impact of forced repatriation, disinterest in g...
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10May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 10 (PIA) –- The Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Caraga is strengthening the education program of the children of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in the region. In a press conference on Tuesday held in time with the 30th anniversary of OWWA, Dr. Marietta Lumawag, OWWA-Caraga Regional Director emphasized the need to strengthen the education of the children of OFWs. The official said because of this, a memorandum of agreement was signed between OWWA-Caraga ...
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10May2012LUNGSOD NG SAN FERNANDO, La Union, Mayo 10 (PIA) -- Sa temang “Tatlong dekada ng serbisyong tapat at nararapat," agarang serbisyo at maagap na benepisyo ang hatid ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) sa mga OFW's at sa kanilang mga pamilya . Ito ang binigyang diin ni Officer-in-Charge OWWA-Human Resource Management and Development Division Atty. Alex O. Vallespin, mula sa pinaabot na mensahe ng kanilang Administrator na si Carmelita S. Dimzon hinggil sa pagdiriwang ng OWWA ng kan...
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10May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 10 (PIA) -– With the 30th anniversary celebration of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the regional welfare office here in Caraga region has inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with local government units (LGUs) and academe as partners in giving quality education to students of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). According to OWWA-Caraga Regional Director Marietta Lumawag, the activity aimed to create partnership with LGUs and the academe in delivering the p...
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08May2012MANILA, May 8 (PIA) -- The Land Bank of the Philippines (Land Bank) has approved P129.3 million in loans under the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration's (OWWA) Overseas Filipino Workers Reintegration Program (OFW-RP), which will benefit close to 200 OFWs. In a statement, the Land Bank said that the OFW-RP aims to provide economic opportunities for OFWs including those affected by political crises in the Middle East and other countries seriously stricken by natural calamities. Qualified OFW...
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08May2012QUEZON CITY, MAY 8 (PIA) --The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)-National Capitol Region is offering new Information Technology (IT) courses to provide overseas Filipino workers and their families additional skills to further facilitate communication between OFWs and their families using the fastest and cheapest technology. In a news release, OWWA also said that this is a good opportunity for OFWs and their dependents for family bonding, and to acquire new skills through IT course...
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08May2012ILOILO CITY, May 8 (PIA6) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is setting up more satellite offices in the region as part of its efforts to become closer to its clients particularly the overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents. OWWA 6 Director Samuel Madrid said the satellite offices will be put up in the provinces of Guimaras and Antique and another district satellite office in Guimbal, Iloilo which will be opened before the year ends. The satellite offices tha...
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08May2012LUNGSOD NG LAOAG, May 8 (PIA) -- Madali na ang paglalakad ng mga papeles na kakailanganin ng mga overseas Filipino worker (OFW) sa lalawigan ng Ilocos Norte dahil mayroon ng OFW One-Stop Shop ang lokal na pamahalaan sa pamumuno ni Gobernador Imee Marcos. Sinabi ni Dolores Cortes ng nasabing tanggapan na hindi na kailangan pang lumayo ng mga OFW sapagkat mayroon ng isang opisina na tutugon sa kanilang mga pangangailangan. “Sa OFW One-Stop Shop, gusto ni Gobernador Marcos na hindi na mahihirap...
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02May2012BUTUAN CITY, Mayo 2 (PIA) -- Adunay kinatibuk-ang 16 ka lupon sa mga opisyales ang mipasalig aron sa pagpakusog sa tanang Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) sa Surigao del Sur, human kini nanumpa isip bag-o nga opisyales sa OFW family clubs gikan sa 16 ka munisipalidad sa probinsya sa Surigao del Sur. Ang seremonya sa pagpanumpa gipahigayon atol sa gihimong Organizational Development Seminar nga gisalmutan sa mga representante gikan sa local government units, probinsyal nga panggamhanan sa Suriga...
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01May2012QUEZON CITY, May 1 (PIA) -– An official of the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA) said Tuesday that they will open their social networking site accounts in Twitter, Facebook and Skype so they can reach out to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). This was revealed by OWWA Advocacy and Social Marketing Division head Reynaldo Tayag during Talking Points Radio Show. He said it’s very important to use those social media in communicating with the OFWS. “We will know what they wa...
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24Apr2012PAGADIAN CITY, April 24 ( PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Region 9 is pushing for the expansion of its Tulay Program in other municipalities within the region. The aim of the program is to provide computer skills training to overseas Filipino worker dependents who cannot attend the free training at the Computer Training & Learning Center (CTLC) in Zamboanga City. Just recently, Tulay Program Instructor Najib Salapuddin conducted a three-day Office Productivity (OP) P...
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13Apr2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 13 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) partnered with Leyte Governor Jericho Petilla to open the ninth OWWA help desk in the province of Leyte. According to OWWA Administrator Carmelita Dimzon, who flew in today for the signing of the memorandum of Agreement with LGU Leyte, this is part of the labor and employment agenda of President Benigno Simeon Aquino lll. She added that this is done, “upang lalong mapangalagaan ang welfare ng mga OF...
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13Apr2012COTABATO CITY, April 13, (PIA)-- Some 139 high school scholars of MDG-Youth Employment and Migration (MDG-YEM) in Maguindanao in Maguindanao in partnership with the International Organization on Migration (IOM) have successfully completed their secondary education during graduation rites held last week of March, this year. Of the 179 total Education Subsidy Scholars, 139 have graduated high school while 40 are incoming senior students enrolled in different public secondary schools, namely: the...
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30Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 30 (PIA) -- To reach out to more overseas Filipino workers and their families, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is continuously intensifying its ‘round the clock’ Operation Center (OpCen). In a news release, OWWA Administrator Carmelita Dimzon said that those who wish to avail of the OpCen’s services in relation to OFW issues and concerns may do so by text, e-mail or calling through phone. The OpCen acts as OWWA’s Quick Response Desk and is manned b...
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27Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar 27 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration – Regional Welfare Office 1 signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the towns of Carasi, Dumalneg and Pinili in Ilocos Norte to complete their 21 Migrant Desk Offices (MDOs) target. The MOA aims to strengthen partnership with the local government units through the establishment of MDOs in cities and municipalities to cater to complaints of migrants and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW). According to Amapo...
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17Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, March 17 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office 8 is set to conduct a series of trainings to two OFW Family Circles in Guiuan, Eastern Samar on March 20-22, 2012. The training on organizational diagnosis will be facilitated for the members of Guiuan OFWs Association on March 20, said OWWA officer in charge Evangeline Filamor. On the second day, the members of the Sulangan OFWs and Dependents Association will undergo t...
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09Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 9 (PIA) -- The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) announced a “Libreng Tawag (free call)” service to allow families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Syria to communicate with their relatives. In coordination with Globe, Smart and Sun Cellular, NTC will set up booths inside the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration office in Pasay City. The free call service will run from March 9 to 16, weekends included. It will cater...
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09Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 9 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Agusan del Sur, in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), launched the Datu Lipus Makapandong Youth Employment and Migrant Center on February 24, 2012. It received overwhelming support from various government agencies, NGOs, faith-based organizations, youth and migrant organizations, and private sector. The ceremonial cutting of ribbon was spearheaded by Agusan del ...
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06Mar2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar 6 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Office 8 disclosed the lucky passer for the Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) qualifying examination administered by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Christopher Jude Z. Estela from San Vicente, Macrohon, of Southern Leyte made it to the top 100 slots reserved throughout the country for the education program of OWWA, Florence Panao OWWA Labor Communications O...
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06Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Mar 6 (PIA8) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Eastern Visayas is set to sign a Memorandum of Agreement with Bontoc, Southern Leyte on March 7 for the establishment of an OFW Help Desk on March 7 in Bontoc, OWWA OIC Evangelina Filamor said. The MOA provides that the OWWA facilitate an orientation of an LGU personnel assigned to man the Desk regarding the programs and services of the agency; the procedures and processes in availing o...
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04Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- Twelve dependents of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) from Western Visayas have joined the Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) for school year 2012. OWWA6 Overseas Workers Welfare Officer I Rizza Joy Mapa said the 12 scholars are among the top 100 examinees that successfully passed the examination administered by the Department of Science and Technology last year. Some 4,384 dependents of...
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20Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- Soccsksargen Region’s Office of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA-12) here has announced the opening of the Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) for school year 2013-2014. OWWA 12 Regional Director Abdulgani K. Umag said, the scholarship is open to all graduating high school...
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13Feb2012COTABATO CITY, February 13, 2012 (PIA) - The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has set the deadline in the submission of application for its Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) for school year 2013-2014 on August 31, 2012. OWWA-ARMM regional head Amy Crisostomo said, EDSP is scholarship granted to qualified dependents and beneficiaries of active-member-OFWs who intend to pursue a four to five-year baccalaureate in any CHED accredited college or university o...
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13Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- Isip kinahanglanon alang sa pag-aplay sa Reintegration Program o RP sa Overseas Workers Welfare Administration kon OWWA, ang Regional Office 8 nagpahigayon ug pagbansaybansay alang sa entrepreneurial development sa Pebrero 9 - 10. Si OWWA Local Communications Officer Florence Panao nagpahibalo nga ang pagbansaybansay gihimo sa duha ka bahin, diin giapilan sa mga Overseas Filipino Workers kon OFWs ug sa mga benepisyaryo sa Reintegration Progr...
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11Feb2012MANILA, Peb. 11 (PIA) -- Si Administrator Carmelita Dimzon sang Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) nagsiling nga ginapa-abot niya nga mas madamu nga mga Pilipino ang manug-abot halin sa Syria sa sulod sa sini nga mga inadlaw. Ini pagkatapos nga mag-abot ang isa ka grupo sang 41 ka mga Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) halin sa magamu nga Syria kag ginlupad pabalik diri sa Pilipinas sang gobyerno. Si Dimzon nagsiling nga ang 41 ka mga OFWs nga nag-abot amo ang ikadu...
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09Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- An official of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Caraga Region said the agency is always ready to assist the families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). According to Ritchel Molero, OWWA-Caraga Labor Communications officer, their office is regularly supporting the families of OFWs who are experiencing financial constraints. Molero explained majority of these families came to their office to complaint that their OFW rela...
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09Feb2012LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- The overseas Filipino workers (OFW) Desk of the provincial government is now fast-tracking the return of a Pangasinense OFW who died in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia due to heart attack. Boy Laurete, consultant of the OFW Desk, assured the family of Orlando Fontanilla that the government is exerting all its efforts to bring home Fontanilla’s remains. Laureta said the provincial government has talked to the Overseas Workers Welfare Adm...
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08Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- At least seven Southern Leyteños had availed of the scholarship and livelihood programs of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), said Local Communications Officer Florence D. Panao. “Actually, to date, the whole Eastern Visayas has 33 families who have already received educational and livelihood assistance under the said program since its implementation last June 2010,” Panao disclosed in her repo...
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06Feb2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Region 9 is now accepting applications for its OFW Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP) for school year 2012-2013. OWWA Officer Leonilo Y. Daymiel said a total of 64 slots have been allotted for Region 9 this year. The scholarship program offers financial assistance of P20,000 per school year to qualified dependents of OFWs who are OWWA active member and whose monthly salary is not more than US$ 40...
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27Jan2012COTABATO CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- Barely able to see and hear, former OFW Yarisa Warif and her husband Kalid Sapal travelled for almost three hours from Pagalungan, Maguindanao to the office of OWWA-ARMM based in Cotabato to seek assistance. Upon verification from the OWWA database, Warif was deployed last March 19, 2010 as a Household Service Worker in Quortuba, Kuwait but was repatriated back to the Philippines in December 2011 due to blurred vision and impaired hearing. &n...
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19Jan2012By Carina L. Cayon DAVAO CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) –-The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) here continues urging Overseas Filipino Workers to avail of the reintegration program that would prepare them to become entrepreneurs in their own country. OWWA regional head Zenobia Caro said that the OFW Reintegration Program would still be provided this year for returning migrant workers who will be trained on entrepreneurial skills development through free trainings and...
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16Dec2011SIQUIJOR, Dec. 17 (PIA) -- At least three Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) from Siquijor seek technical assistance from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to avail of the loan packages from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Roger Maglinte, 50, Bernard Duhaylungod, 54 and Felix Pabinguit, 44, all seamen overseas returnees appeared last weel at the local office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to request for its assistance in mee...
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24Sep2011BUTUAN CITY, Set. 24 (PIA) -- Nangako ang pamunuan ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) na tututukan ang kaso ni Jovie Montesoso, ang OFW na diumano’y tumalon sa ika-walong palapag ng gusali na kaniyang pinagtatrabahuhan sa Kuwait na naging sanhi ng pagkamatay nito noong Agosto 5. Sinabi ng pamunuan ng OWWA-Caraga na gagawin nila ang lahat upang malaman ang totoong dahilan ng pagkamatay ni Montesoso na tubong Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur. Samantala, du...
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23Sep2011KORONADAL CITY, Sept 23 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA 12) is inviting overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to avail of its livelihood assistance. OWWA 12 Regional Director Abdulgani Umag said the Balik-Pinay Balik Hanap-buhay program, which it implements with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is open to former and returning OFWs who wish to develop income generating projects as option to working abroad. Umag said program is...
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19Aug2011BUTUAN CITY, August 19 (PIA) -- Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will conduct investigation on the recent incident where a certain Juvy Montesoso, an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) from Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur died on August 5, 2011 when she allegedly jumped from the sixth floor of the building. In a recent interview with PIA, OWWA-Caraga Regional Director Dr. Marietta Lumawag said OWWA will conduct an investigation into the case. Dr. Lumawag also said...
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17Aug2011BUTUAN CITY, August 17 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Director Dr. Marietta A. Lumawag today confirmed that an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) from Caraga Region who was working in Kuwait died recently. In an interview with PIA, Dr. Lumawag said Juvy Montesoso from Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur reportedly died after jumping from the sixth floor of the building where she is working as a receptionist. Lumawag said a thorough investigati...
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01Aug2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Aug. 1 (PIA) – At least 22 beneficiaries of the Overseas Filipino Workers Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP) have been named by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to have come from Misamis Oriental. This figure is actually 32.35 percent of 68, the total number of the OFWDSP beneficiaries in the region, Petrona M. Bergado, Regional Director of OWWA, region 10, said, during today’s awarding of the Notice of Awards to th...
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28Jul2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, July 28 (PIA) -- Some 1,250 students nationwide are set to benefit from the Overseas Filipino Workers Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP) offered by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Petrona Bergado, regional director of OWWA - Region 10, said about 68 of these scholars will come from Northern Mindanao. She said the OFWDSP aims to provide opportunity to poor but deserving students to earn a baccalaureate degree or associate degr...
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02Jun2011QUEZON CITY, June 2 (PIA )-- A bill that aims to provide credit assistance to overseas Filipino workers has passed on third and final reading at the House of Representatives. House Bill 4539 also known as the “Overseas Workers Credit Assistance Act of 2011” seeks to alleviate the financial plight of the overseas workers and their families during the first few months of the former's absence. Under the measure, OFWs with valid employment contract, processed thr...
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03May2011ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, May 3 (PIA) --- Magtatayo ng isang “migrant center” at overseas filipino worker (OFW) desk ang pamahalaan ng Rizal upang malaman at mabigyan ng kaukulang pansin ang mga pangangailangan ng mga balik-bansang OFWs na residente dito. Umaabot sa 525 ang bilang ng OFWs na mga tiga-Rizal ang bumalik mula sa Libya dahil sa kaguluhan doon kung saan sumailalim ang mga ito sa oryentasyon ukol sa programang panghanap-buhay at tulong pang-negosyo. Ang oryentasyon na...
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24Apr2011DAVAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) here has extended relief assistance to Overseas Filipino Workers repatriated from Libya. OWWA regional head Zenobia Caro said 54 out of the 56 OFWs who were sent home in the wake of escalating hostility in Libya, have availed of the government assistance. Caro said OWWA has been facilitating programs to assist the OFWs who went home with less or nothing to bring to their families. Aside from the relie...
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20Apr2011DAVAO CITY, April 20 (PIA) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is calling on all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) repatriated from Japan due to the tsunami and the subsequent nuclear crisis to report to their respective OWWA offices for documentation and assistance. The March 11 earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan and the subsequent nuclear power crisis has displaced thousands of OFWs many of whom were repatriated back home, however many of them are not yet do...
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27Mar2011MANILA, Mar 27 (PIA) – Filipino workers are found in almost all countries in the world. They are second only to the Indians in terms of migration, with about 10 percent of the total population of 92 million, work and reside abroad. As more Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remain uncertain of their future with the series of unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on Foreign Relations called on the government to ensure that laws are i...
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21Mar2011TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Mar 21 (PIA) -- As the lead agency tasked to promote the welfare and well-being of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) provides member OFWs with services and benefits aside from clearly defining the employment contract offers of employers and the laws of the receiving countries. According to the information gathered from OWWA OIC-Regional Director Juliet Tan, for a membership contribution of US$25.00, an O...
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10Mar2011Legazpi City, March 10 (PIA)- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) regional office here reported today (Mar. 9) that 67 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) repatriated from troubled Libya received the P10,000 cash assistance each from the government. OWWA Bicol regional director Jocelyn Hapal said that the agency has disbursed a total of P670,000 pesos to the 67 OFWs who came to their office within this week. She said that the processing of the cash assistance to each...
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