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Duterte Wants All Filipinos Out of Kuwait
President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Saturday said he wanted all Filipino workers out of Kuwait and back home, noting that he could no longer take the abuses against them in the Gulf state.
Duterte bared this in a speech before the Filipino…
List of Qualified OWWA CMWSP, EDSP Scholars For SY 2018-2019
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration has released the list of 50 qualified scholars under the Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program for School Year 2018-2019.
Likewise, OWWA has released the list of 400 qualified…
OWWA-ARMM Continues Support of Returning OFWs
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration upgrades the Balik-Pilipinas, Balik-Hanapbuhay livelihood program to better serve returning Overseas Filipino Workers. The livelihood program enables qualified OFW returnees to be entrepreneurs by…
Philippine Congress Pushes Bills for Retirement Benefits, Assistance to OFWs
A House of Representatives panel has formed a technical working group to consolidate three bills seeking to provide retirement benefits and welfare assistance to overseas Filipino workers.
The House committee on overseas workers affairs,…
11 Recruitment Agencies Guilty of Recruitment of OFWs for Kuwait; 5 POEA Staff Charged
Licenses of ten Philippine recruitment agencies that deploy Filipino workers in Kuwait have been cancelled or and another one was suspended after they were found guilty of recruitment violations.
The findings came after a number of…
OWWA Reminds Vacationing OFWs to Renew Inactive Memberships
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) wishes to remind overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) whose membership with OWWA has expired, to renew their membership and retain their active status as members.
The reminder is especially…
How to Open New Account at Overseas Filipino Bank
With the recent launch of the Overseas Filipino Bank in Manila inaugurated no less than President Rodrigo R. Duterte as a fulfillment of his election campaign, many Filipinos based abroad are curious as to how to pen an account and finally…
1,000 Passport Application Slots Available Daily for First-time OFWs
MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday announced it has allotted 1,000 passport application slots to first-time overseas Filipino workers.
According to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, first-time OFWs can avail…
132 Distressed OFWs Received Livelihood Financial Assistance from OWWA
Rosana (not her real name) went to Cyprus to work as domestic worker. Just like thousands of overseas Filipino workers, she went overseas with big dreams for her family. And just like hundreds of OFWs who seemed to have ran out of luck,…
Duterte Fulfills Election Promise, Leads Opening of Overseas Filipino Bank
Fulfilling an election promise, President Rodrigo Duterte led the ceremonial opening of the Overseas Filipino Bank Thursday January 18 at Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila.
The savings bank of state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines, was…