Tag Archives: Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
OWWA Awards Insurance Benefits to Beneficiaries of Deceased OFWs
Despite the devastation being wrought by typhoon Pedring, the regional staff of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration – Cordillera Administrative Region (OWWA-CAR) led by welfare officer Loreta B. Vergara, went… Read more
OWWA-10 Conducts Skills Training for “Star of the Sea-Iligan” OFW’s
At least 28 members of the Star of the Sea, an organization of seafarers and their dependents in Iligan City, attended the Livelihood Skills Training Seminar (LSTS) on Fish Processing,… Read more
Over 100 Pinoys Take Part in Brunei Consular Outreach
Over 100 Filipinos in Brunei took part in a consular outreach conducted by Philippine officials in the Kuala Belait district this month, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. A… Read more
Pinoy Engineer in Libya Reported Missing
A Filipino engineer working for a British company in Libya has gone missing, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said today. DFA spokesperson Raul Hernandez said that the Filipino engineer… Read more
‘Balik Pinay’ Program Awaits Women OFW Returnees
Women Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) returnees have a reason to look forward coming home to their respective areas in different parts of Eastern Visayas. In anticipation of the displaced Pinay… Read more
OFWs to Undergo Training Before Availing Business Loan
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who want to avail of business loans under the reintegration loan program of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will have to undergo an entrepreneurial development… Read more
Chef Edgardo Fabella: From Desert Kitchen to Call Center
Chef Edgardo Fabella remembers holding on to dear life on the back of a pick-up truck with seven other Filipinos as it drove across the Libyan desert to flee from… Read more
P11M Fund Props Livelihood of OFWs from Libya
Repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Libya are starting over with small businesses in Bulacan as they are supported with an P11 million loan fund from the provincial government. According… Read more
OWWA Search on for Outstanding OFW Families for 2011
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is now accepting nominations for outstanding overseas Filipino workers’ (OFWs) families, according to news site Ang OFW Ngayon. The report said nominations for the… Read more
OWWA Offers Enterprise Loan to Returning OFWs
Overseas Filipino workers who are members of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) are qualified to apply for enterprise loan under the P2-billion OFW-Reintegration Program (OFW-RP). Labor & Employment Secretary… Read more
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