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OWWA Celebrates 30 Years of Dedicated Service
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Magparehistro na bilang isang Overseas Filipino Voter sa Halalan 2013
PRESS RELEASE
2 May 2012 02:59 AM
TANDAG CITY ( 30 April 2012)---Sixteen sets of officers were acknowledged by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration–Regional Welfare Office 13 as equipped and empowered OFWs after they underwent Organizational Development Seminar and took oath as the new officers for the OFW FAMILY CLUBS from the sixteen municipalities of the Province of Surigao del Sur.
10 May 2012 12:52 AM
PASAY CITY (2012 APRIL) --- Holding the leadership training-cum-team building for the OWWA-NCR scholars two days before the Lenten week in the upland Antipolo proved to be a wise move for the RWO-NCR officials as the youngsters had the chance to contemplate on their inner self in exploring their leadership potential and ultimately, in responding to the challenge of volunteerism posed on them during the training.
10 May 2012 01:06 AM
Cotabato City- The Regional Welfare Office-ARMM joined the celebration of the 110th Labor Day in the Autonomous Region, May 1, 2012.
10 May 2012 01:11 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (2012 MAY 3) --– Driven by a strong resolve to provide its scholars with an avenue for self-development, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Region 9 spearheaded a two-day Scholars’ Conference on 28 & 29 April 2012 at the Woodland Resort, Zambowood, Zamboanga City.
10 May 2012 01:16 AM
Cotabato City (May 7, 2012) -The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration celebrated its 30th Anniversary on May 7, 2012 (Monday) at RWO-ARMM Office, 2ndflr. MAGS Bldg. in this city, with the Theme: “Tatlong Dekadang Serbisyong Tapat, Serbisyong Nararapat.”
10 May 2012 05:07 AM
Cagayan de Oro City, April 26, 2012----The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Region 10 continues to conduct Psychosocial Counseling through Stress Debriefing Seminars for OFWs and their dependents in the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro. The two cities were identified to be the hardest hit areas of “Typhoon Sendong” in Northern Mindanao.
10 May 2012 05:44 AM
ILOILO CITY (May 8, 2012) – As token of its appreciation, OWWA RWO 6 highlighted the awarding of plaques of recognition to local government units, government agencies, private and non-government organizations and the local media, who served as partners in providing quality service to Overseas Filipino Workers and their families.
10 May 2012 05:50 AM
ILOILO CITY (May 1, 2012) – Marking the start of the Labor Day celebration, the OWWA Regional Welfare Office VI formally commenced rendering a free overseas call service for the people in the region.
10 May 2012 06:10 AM
ILOILO CITY ( May 2, 2012) - On behalf of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, Samuel S. Madrid, Regional Director of OWWA RWO 6, delivered a message during the opening ceremony of the 10th Conference on Philippine Schools Overseas.
11 May 2012 01:51 AM
Cagayan de Oro City, May 10, 2012----For the past six years, the Peoples Eco-Tourism and Livelihood (PETAL) Foundation, Inc. in Oroquieta City has been extending financial assistance for livelihood development to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents in the Province of Misamis Occidental. As an Accredited Co-Partner (ACP), the Foundation implements the Livelihood Development Program for OFWs (LDPO) which is jointly undertaken by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and the National Livelihood Development Corporation (NLDC).
11 May 2012 02:54 AM
1 May 2012, Tacloban City – As a member of the Department of Labor and Employment-Regional Coordinating Council (DOLE-RCC), OWWA-RWO8 took part in the 110th Labor Day celebration on May 1, 2012 at the Tacloban City Convention Center.
11 May 2012 03:37 AM
SAN FERNANDO, LA UNION (8 MAY 2012) --- OWWA RWO1 celebrated its 30th OWWA Anniversary on May 7, 2012 at Max’s Restaurant, City of San Fernando, La Union with the theme: “Tatlong Dekada ng Serbisyong Tapat at Nararapat”. This significant event started with a Thanksgiving Mass officiated by Rev. Fr. Leo C. Nedic of St. William Parish, San Fernando, La Union.
11 May 2012 08:21 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (8 May 2012) --- As it marks the 30th founding anniversary of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, the Regional Welfare Office 9 celebrated the momentous affair by giving recognition to its social and institutional partners for their continuing support to the programs of OWWA.
14 May 2012 12:31 AM
Cagayan de Oro City, May 11, 2012---- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Region 10 lined up a series of activities last May 08, 2012 to commemorate the Agency’s 30th Founding Anniversary. This year’s theme is, “Tatlong Dekada ng Serbisyong Tapat at Nararapat.”
14 May 2012 01:09 AM
Cagayan de Oro City, May 09, 2012----In order to provide learning support mechanisms for departing Household Services Workers (HSWs) for the Middle East, the OWWA has fully decentralized its Pre- Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) in Region 10.
14 May 2012 02:22 AM
TACLOBAN CITY, April 2012 – Forty-one (41) OFW Dependent Scholarship Program scholars gathered for the yearly-held Scholars Enrichment Conference at Leyte Park’s Apollo 808 on April 27-28, 2012.
14 May 2012 02:51 AM
8 May 2012, Tacloban City - From its kick-off event on May 2 for its 30th Founding Anniversary, OWWA-RWO8 culminated its week-long celebration with a Thanksgiving Mass and Recognition of its Institutional Partners on May 8 at Hotel Alejandro, this city.
14 May 2012 03:55 AM
BUTUAN CITY (MAY 10, 2012)--- OWWA Administrator Carmelita S. Dimzon hoisted a toast for another thirty years of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration’s commitment to prop up programs and services and oversee OFWs and their dependents welfare after signing the Memorandum of Agreement with institutional partners. This event was the highlight of OWWA-CARAGA’s 30th Anniversary celebration at Almont Hotel and Inland Resort on May 8, 2012.
15 May 2012 08:01 AM
DUMANGAS, ILOILO (MAY 11, 2012) – OWWA Regional Director Samuel S. Madrid and Mrs. Marne M. Halanes, OWWO III, visited the site of the proposed High Value Cash Crop Production Project in Cansilayan, Dumangas.
15 May 2012 08:10 AM
ILOILO CITY (MAY 15, 2012) – Another batch of Education and Livelihood Assistance Program recipients obtained 15,000 worth of grocery items from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office VI.
15 May 2012 08:23 AM
PASAY CITY (12 APRIL 2012) --- Grazie mille! This Italian expression meaning ‘thank you very much,’ was the first set of words that Deborah Nebrada and Santiago Penas might have easily learned by themselves when they started working as Household Service Workers (HSWs) in 2010 in the European country through a visa visit. But thanks to OWWA’s language training under the Comprehensive Pre-Departure Education Program (CPDEP), the context of Grazie mille as stated in their handwritten letter of March 30, 2012 to the OWWA Administrator has deepened with much fervor and gratitude having learned more about the Italian language, proper usage of words, and other cultural facts they ought to know during their re-entry to Italy using a work visa.
15 May 2012 08:34 AM
PASAY CITY (APRIL 2012) --- The OFW Reintegration Program, commonly known as OFW business loan, grants from P300,000 to P2M based on the amount proposed in the applicant’s business plan after successfully complying with all the documentary requirements imposed by the OWWA and Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP). Within the same period, 77 applicants were given the certificate of eligibility after complying with OWWA’s preliminary requirements and were endorsed to the LBP for further processing that includes background/credit investigation.
15 May 2012 09:34 AM
MALABON CITY (2012 May 11) --- Around 6,000 land-based and 3,000 sea-based OFWs residing in Malabon City stand to benefit from the OFW Help Desk set up by the RWO-NCR in the city through a Memorandum of Agreement signed on May 10, 2012 by OWWA Administrator Carmelita S. Dimzon and Malabon City Acting Mayor Antolin Oreta III. This forged partnership makes OFW Help Desk-Malabon the 4th Help Desk established by the welfare agency in the National Capital Region.
15 May 2012 09:49 AM
PASAY CITY (2012 MAY 2) --- Ten OFW Family Circles (OFCs) from the National Capital Region with established livelihood projects flaunted their products/goods and services at the Jobs and Livelihood Fair in World Trade Center in Pasay City in the 2012 celebration of Labor Day.
15 May 2012 10:08 AM
PASAY CITY (2012 MAY 3) --- OWWA-NCR scholars donned in costume play to attend to clients is RWO-NCR’s contribution to enliven the 30th anniversary of the welfare agency in servicing the migrant workers and their families.
16 May 2012 06:10 AM
South Cotabato (May 13, 2012)- In line with the 30th anniversary celebration of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, Regional Welfare Office in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao took a break and a breath of fresh air through a Team Building at Punta Isla Lake Resort, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato from May 11 to 13, 2012.
16 May 2012 06:32 AM
CALAMBA CITY (2012 May 10) - The OWWA Regional Welfare Office 4-A, headed by OIC Cynthia Q. Lamban, commemorated the 30th founding anniversary of the Overseas Welfare Workers Administration at the Aquaview Resort in Brgy Pansol, Calamba City on May 8, 2010.
16 May 2012 07:02 AM
CALAMBA CITY (2012 May 10) --- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration regional office in Calamba City announced that the region is still accepting applicants for the OFW Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP) for school year 2012-2013. Every year the region allocates 60 scholarship grants to underprivileged yet deserving dependents of OFWs. Twenty scholars will be coming from each of the five provinces of Region IV-A.
16 May 2012 07:18 AM
PASAY CITY ( 16 MAY 2012) --- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) today ink a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the launching of the Overseas Absenting Voting (OAV) Registration Center at the OWWA.
16 May 2012 07:43 AM
BUTUAN CITY (14 May 2012) ---OWWA Administrator Carmelita S. Dimzon during her visit in OWWA-CARAGA challenged the OFW Dependent Scholars to not only finish their education but to graduate with honors and exemplary recognition to inspire the youth and bring pride to their OFW parents.
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as of May 2012
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