OWWA and POEA: 17 one-stop processing centers for OFWs now operating nationwide

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced the 17 one-stop processing centers, or OSPCs. "The logic behind a one-stop shop is to fast-track action on an official transaction and provide convenience to the client," said Baldoz.

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OWWA Opens Scholarship Applications for OFW Dependents

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is accepting applications for its Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) for school year 2013-2014.

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Makati, OWWA Set up OFW Help Desk

The local government, in cooperation with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), will soon set up an overseas Filipino workers help desk that will give OFWs and their families better access to government services and programs.

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OFWs Oppose $50 Additional Fee For OWWA Repatriation Fund

The overseas Filipino workers’ group Migrante-Middle East is opposed to a legislator’s proposal to collect an additional $50 fee from every departing OFW to help sustain the government’s emergency repatriation fund under the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

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OWWA Offers Scholarship for OFWs’ Dependents

Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office I (OWWA RWOI) has opened 12 slots for dependents of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) and still accepting applications for their Overseas Filipino Workers Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP).

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OWWA Conducts Entrepreneurial Trainings for OFWs

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Regional Welfare Office 1 (OWWA-RWO1) recently launched the monthly Entrepreneurial Development Training (EDT) Ilocos Norte at the Sanguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall in Laoag City as part of the agency’s providing social preparation for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents.

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New OWWA Scholars From Western Visayas

Twelve dependents of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) from Western Visayas have joined the Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) for school year 2012.

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OWWA Scholarship 2012-2013 Opens for OFW Dependents

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Region 9 is now accepting applications for its OFW Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP) for school year 2012-2013.

OWWA Officer Leonilo Y. Daymiel said a total of 64 slots have been allotted for Region 9 this year.

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Manila Ban on OFW Deployment Has No Bite

Manila’s recent decision to block Filipinos from working in 41 countries it considers unsafe looks like a brave move for a country addicted to the regular remittances of its worldwide web of workers. But a closer look at the blacklist shows that most of the dangerous countries rarely receive overseas Filipino workers.

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OFWs Raring to Return to Libya

With the death of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, former overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are raring to go back and work in the North African country at the soonest possible time.

“I have been jobless for one year and recently, my family has been a victim of floods. I want to work again even in Libya,” said Crispin Yusores, 46, a resident of Barangay San Miguel here.

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OWWA Conducts OFW Medical Mission

Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA) officials and staff, consisting of doctors and nurses, conducted during the weekend medical mission for the families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

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OWWA to Expand Pre-departure Seminars

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) plans to expand its Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) so that this will now include dependents or families of overseas Filipino workers, according to OWWA 6 Family Welfare Officer Rizza Joy Mapa.

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List of OFW Dependent Scholars in Misamis Oriental

22 OFW dependents from the province of Misamis Oriental, signed the contract and received their individual Notice of Award under the “OFW Dependent Scholarship Program” today during the regular Monday program of the Provincial Capitol at the capitol grounds.

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OWWA-10 Conducts Skills Training for “Star of the Sea-Iligan” OFW’s

At least 28 members of the Star of the Sea, an organization of seafarers and their dependents in Iligan City, attended the Livelihood Skills Training Seminar (LSTS) on Fish Processing, recently.

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Jobs, Trainings in Bulacan Await Middle East Repatriates

Beleaguered overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who will be returning home from hostilities in the Middle East will be greeted with a financial aid from the Balik Pinay program and a list of job offers and trainings in Bulacan.

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OWWA Strengthens Fight Vs Human Trafficking

BY PHILIPPINE INFORMATION AGENCY - With 52,059 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) coming from the Bicol region who are now toiling abroad either to earn a living or simply fulfill a dream to set foot on a foreign land, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is left with a gargantuan task to look after their welfare and ensure their dependents are protected.

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