I wish to react with regard to the Manila Bulletin article entitled “OWWA slammed after a repatriated OFW tested positive for COVID-19 in Iloilo”.

Let me begin on a conciliatory note. I have my highest respect for Governor Defensor, Mayor Treñas and the Ci Read more

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has issued the guidelines on the provision of financial assistance to displaced Landbased and Sea-based Filipino workers due to coronavirus diseases (COVID-19), known as “DOLE-AKAP for OFWs”.

In this connection, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will be accepting on Read more

PASAY CITY - From March 17 to 29, 2020, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has assisted 2,973 stranded OFWS in the country, extending them food, transport, and accommodation when the Enhanced Community Quarantine (EQC) was imposed in Luzon to combat the further spread of COVID-19 or coronavirus.

The stranded migr Read more

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration mobilized its FAST (Food, Airport, Shelter, and Transportation) Assistance to the 248 OFWs that arrived from Kuwait 4:00AM of March 26, 2020 at the NAIA Terminal 1 via Kuwait Airways 417 chartered by the Kuwaiti government.

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Amidst the threat of the 2019 Coronavirus, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) remains committed to providing assistance to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families.

In light of the Luzon-wide Enhanced Community Quarantine declared by President Rodrigo Duterte, DOLE Secretary Silvestre Read more

Dahil sa umiiral na Enhanced Community Quarantine sa buong Luzon bilang pag-iingat sa banta sa kalusugan dulot ng COVID-19, ang OWWA ay maglulunsad ng “Hatid-Sundo sa mga Stranded OFWs”. Ang “Hatid-Sundo” ay isang serbisyo ng OWWA na magbibigay ng libreng transportasyon sa mga OFWs na babyahe mula at patungong NAIA.

Mga ruta at oras ng byahe:

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Hannah, eldest of the 3 siblings to Roger R. Dimapilis, an Architect in Saudi Arabia, and Imelda R. Dimapilis, a Telephone Operator also in Saudi Arabia, graduated as Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines – Diliman on June 30, 2019.

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) hied to New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac early morning of March 11, 2020 to bring immediate cash assistance and to provide transport service to 441 seafarers cleared from COVID-19 during their send-off yesterday after ending the mandatory 14 days quaran Read more

PASAY CITY -- The Philippine Consulate General and the Philippine Overseas Labor Office-Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Hong Kong SAR (POLO-OWWA) have provided legal advice and other assistance related to salary claims and benefits to the OFWs whose contracts were terminated due to circumstances wrought by the spread of COV Read more

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration – Regional Welfare Office 10 (OWWA – RWO 10) released P1,530,000.00 worth of livelihood assistance to eighty-two (82) displaced/distressed OFWs in February 2020. The beneficiaries were from the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Gingoog, Oroquieta and other neighboring province Read more

A total of one thousand six hundred (1,600) Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents from Digos City, Bansalan and Hagonoy, Davao del Sur benefitted from the cash relief assistance worth P3,000.00 each provided by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) – Regional Welfare Office XI in the month February 2020. Claimants wer Read more

Almost two months after the tragic car accident that happened in Singapore last December 29, 2019, one among the two seriously injured Overseas Filipino Workers involved is already in the Philippines for her recovery.

Ms. Laila Laudencia, an OFW from San Fernando City, La Unio Read more

PASAY CITY - As of morning of February 20, 2020, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has already dispensed P81,060,000.00 to 8,106 OFWs who were affected by the temporary travel ban to China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan due to the spread of corona virus 2019 or COVID-19 outbreak.

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Welfare Office IV-A takes pride in extending assistance to all OWWA member-OFWs and families who were victims of the Taal volcano eruption, last 12 January 2020 through the distribution of calamity assistance under the Welfare Assistance Program (WAP).

Beginning today, February 20, 2020, the OWWA cash assistance extended to OFWs bound for Hong Kong and Macau shall no longer be available in view of the recent lifting of the travel ban in the said countries.

All Regional Welfare Offices were instructed to cease the processing of applications o Read more

In coordination with the City Government of Digos and the Public Employment Service Office (PESO), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) – Regional Welfare Office XI released a total of Php 1,203,000.00 to 401 OFWs and dependents who were affected by the series of earthquakes that occurred last October 17 Read more

Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go led the roster of officials from the national and regional agencies and the provincial government of Pampanga during the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the first ever OFW Hospital in the Philippines on February 18, 2020 at the PEO Compound, Sindalan, City of San Read more

More than a week after the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office I (OWWA RWOI) commenced processing and releasing Php 10,000 cash assistance to stranded OFWs bound to mainland China, Macau, Hongkong and Taiwan, a total of 556 OFWs has benefited with a total amount of Php 5,560, Read more

City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital between the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), PAGCOR, Bloomberry Cultural Foundation Incorporated (BCFI) and the Pamp Read more

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare 1 (OWWA RWOI) has started releasing Cash Assistance to OFWs who are affected by the temporary travel ban in mainland China, Hongkong and Macao due to the Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease or 2019-nCoV ARD outbreak.

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