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July 27, 2010 – Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said today that the 8,000 Filipino workers to be sent home by the US military command in Iraq can avail themselves of livelihood assistance and re-training packages offered by the Department of Labor and Employment.
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Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz has emphasized her strong determination to expand and strengthen social protection for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as one of the priority goals of the Aquino administration to reinvigorate the labor and employment front.
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July 2, 2010 – Outgoing Labor and Employment Sec. Marianito D. Roque was honored by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Board of Trustees with a Plaque of Citation for his valuable contributions as Chairman of the Board.
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July 6, 2010 – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration briefed a visiting delegation from Indonesia who came to undertake a comparative study of the Philippine labor sector.
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Murry Fajardo Demdam, a mechanical engineer based in Al-Khobar and Abqaiq in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, on June 18, 2010 was honored by the Professional Regulatory Commission as its 2010 Outstanding Professional of the Year for Mechanical Engineering.
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June 24, 2010 – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the welfare agency of the Department of Labor and Employment for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), is expanding its medical benefits to its members and their families.
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