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OWWA Conducts Entrepreneurial Trainings for OFWs

OWWA Conducts Entrepreneurial Trainings for OFWs

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Regional Welfare Office 1 (OWWA-RWO1) recently launched the monthly Entrepreneurial Development Training (EDT) Ilocos Norte at the Sanguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall in Laoag City as part… Read more »

New OWWA Scholars From Western Visayas

New OWWA Scholars From Western Visayas

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…. Read more »

2012-2013 OWWA Scholarship Exam Results

2012-2013 OWWA Scholarship Exam Results

A student from Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao Campus has achieved the highest score in the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) examinations of… Read more »

OFWs Demand Policy Change on OWWA Membership Fees

OFWs Demand Policy Change on OWWA Membership Fees

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Hong Kong on Friday urged Manila to make it its official policy to issue to OFWs their overseas employment certificates (OEC) without requiring from them… Read more »

OWWA Scholarship Application Set at August 31

OWWA Scholarship Application Set at August 31

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,… Read more »

Pinay Abducted in Egypt While on Pilgrimage

Pinay Abducted in Egypt While on Pilgrimage

A Filipino tour operator was recently abducted by gun-toting Bedouin tribesmen while she was on a pilgrimage in Egypt. Patti Ganal believes her 6-hour ordeal being held by Bedouins happened… Read more »

Helping Hand For Syria OFWs

Helping Hand For Syria OFWs

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has assessed the needs of the 35 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who returned from Syria to determine how they can benefit from the government’s… Read more »

OWWA Scholarship 2012-2013 Opens for OFW Dependents

OWWA Scholarship 2012-2013 Opens for OFW Dependents

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… Read more »

OWWA Can Now Make Presentations to Companies with Filipino Workers

OWWA Can Now Make Presentations to Companies with Filipino Workers

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said yesterday that that they are now accepting presentation requests from business establishments and companies with Filipino employees who want to know more about OWWA… Read more »

Filipino Workers in CNMI Urged to Become OWWA Members

Filipino Workers in CNMI Urged to Become OWWA Members

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration is calling on Filipino workers in the CNMI, particularly those who have already been petitioned for a Commonwealth-only status by their employers, to renew or… Read more »