OWWA Administrator Carmelita S. Dimzon said today (September 1, 2010) that OWWA’s welfare officers have been bringing home distressed OFWs “as many and as fast as they can” from deportation centers such as in Jeddah.
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OWWA will bring home as many OFWs as it can — fast
111 OFWs and children repatriated from Jeddah
August 27, 2010 – One hundred eleven (111) overseas Filipino workers and children repatriated by OWWA from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, arrived last night (Thursday, August 26, 2010) between 10 – 11 pm on flights EY 428 and BI 689 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport under the accelerated repatriation program of Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, according to OWWA Administrator Carmelita S. Dimzon.
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OWWA will fly home all distressed OFWs
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said that repatriation of distressed overseas Filipino workers and children in Filipino Workers Welfare Centers abroad will continue until all are flown home under the accelerated repatriation program ordered by the Department of Labor and Employment.
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OWWA repatriates 112 Filipinos from Jeddah
August 6, 2010 – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said today that the accelerated repatriation program of the Department of Labor and Employment brought home 76 distressed overseas Filipino workers (all women) and 36 children last night in two batches from Jeddah.
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OWWA launches search for model OFW families
August 6, 2010 – Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, Chairman of the OWWA board of trustees, launched on Friday the search for the 2010 Model OFW Family of the Year Awards. She was assisted by OWWA Administrator Carmelita S. Dimzon.
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Some practical financial and investment matters in the news
In the interest of relaying a few items of interest to OFWs in the field of financial and investment planning, we share news stories monitored recently from the business section of generally-circulated newspapers:
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