Overseas Workers Welfare Administration or OWWA provides cash aid to Overseas Filipino Workers. They will hand out additional help by giving cash to displaced OFWs which was combined with the additional funds worth of 1 … Read more
The Department of Trade Industry (DTI) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), in partnership with Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), are teaming up to help … Read more
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has created an online portal as part of a program to help expedite the return of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in quarantine facilities to their respective hometowns. Also read: What … Read more
Earlier this month, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced that it will be providing financial assistance to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) whose work and livelihood have been affected by the pandemic. Here’s a step … Read more
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), formerly known as Welfare and Training Fund for Overseas Workers, is an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and a membership institution meant to protect and promote … Read more
An OFW has a couple of benefits once he/she becomes a member of OWWA. There are training programs, scholarship programs, and other similar educational and rewarding benefits. One of the benefits you can get from … Read more
The current administration is further reinforced with the return of Former Communications Assistant Secretary Esther Margaux “Mocha” Uson, but now as Deputy Administrator of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). As per the list of … Read more
Way ahead of the creation of the proposed OFW Department, the government has announced that it will be adopting functions from other agencies that serve the needs and concerns of OFWs all over the world. … Read more
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has announced the new procedures that will make exit from the country easier for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) following the recent acquisitions from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). BI … Read more
Depending on the nature of their jobs, OFWs experience varying levels of stress and challenges to their physical, mental, as well as emotional health. It is for this reason that across various labour sectors, specific … Read more