May 5, 2010 – OWWA today opened a three-day training program for trainers of the Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) at the OWWA Multi-Purpose Hall.
Read More
The OWWA Citizen’s Charter is adopted in the interest of the service and in compliance with R.A. 9485, otherwise known as the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007 (ARTA).
OWWA Administrator Carmelita S. Dimzon has directed all OWWA employees to comply with the guidelines.
Click here to read more.
Please follow this link to view the OWWA Citizen’s Charter in pdf format.
Click on the following link to open our Downloads Page containing a list of OWWA Forms and other information material.
Most of the material are in PDF format. A PDF viewer, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, is needed. That page will open in a new window.
DOLE, The Department of Labor and Employment
POEA, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
This is the link to the page containing the latest bidding, procurement requests and other announcements
We'd like to know what you think about OWWA, the work that we do, and relevant OFW issues and concerns. Click here to visit our FEEDBACK Page. All communication will be treated with strict confidentiality.
May 5, 2010 – OWWA today opened a three-day training program for trainers of the Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) at the OWWA Multi-Purpose Hall.
Read More
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has disclosed that more than 100,000 opportunities will be made available to new graduates and other job seekers during the Labor Day “JOBS LIVE!,” a nationwide job and livelihood fair that will proceed simultaneously in Metro Manila and across the 15 other regions of the country during the celebration of Labor Day on May 1, 2010.
Read More
April 23 – Arriving on separate flights, 574 overseas Filipino workers from the Middle East were welcomed home Friday by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Labor Secretary Marianito D. Roque, former labor secretary and Chair Patricia Sto. Tomas of the Development Bank of the Philippines, other government officials and executives of companies that co-shared the costs of plane tickets for the repatriation with OWWA.
Read More
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has issued several advisories recently regarding text scams after receiving complaints from overseas Filipinos stationed as far away as Kazakhstan and Spain.
Read More
March 30, 2010 – Thirty-seven overseas Filipino workers repatriated from Kuwait and Jeddah are arriving today at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after their foreign employers issued them clearances to leave, Administrator Carmelita S. Dimzon of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said.
Read More
March 10, 2010 – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration has made available a special course in its Skills-For-Employment Scholarship Program for eligible SESP beneficiaries.
Read More