OFWs-Reintegration

By JAMIL SANTOS, GMA News, 19 Aug 2021 The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Thursday reported that a total of 654,546 overseas Filipino workers have already returned home amid the global threat of the Delta coronavirus variant.

(Philstar.com), 3 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs reported the arrival of its ninth chartered repatriation flight with 374 Filipinos on board, including 78 pregnant women.

By Ferdinand Patinio, 14 May 2021 MANILA – Over 540,000 overseas Filipino workers have so far been assisted by the government in going back to their hometowns, an official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Friday.

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 4 May 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has extended over P22 million in loans to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) under a facility that seeks to help them start their own businesses.

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 22 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The remaining P1.4-billion budget for hotel accommodation and other needs of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) could only last until May, according to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

News Release Department of Labor and Employment April 4, 2021 OFW repatriates hit .5m mark; DOLE extends P5b AKAP The government has repatriated more than half a million overseas Filipino workers who were displaced by the Covid 19 pandemic, the labor department said on Sunday.

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 11 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is seeking an additional P9.8 billion for the hotel accommodation and other needs of returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) placed under mandatory isolation.

ECONOMIC CONTRACTION By: Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 30 Jan 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Jose Tamares Jr. had many reasons for leaving his job as an engineer in the Philippines to work as a waiter in Qatar.

DOLE said the government has already repatriated over 400k OFWs, who were affected by Covid-19. @BusinessMirror pic.twitter.com/mjOCc6d3ZL — Samuel Medenilla (@sam_medenilla) January 17, 2021

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 18 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Over 120,000 displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are coming home, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

by Vito Barcelo and Maricel Cruz, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 18 Dec 2020 More than half million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were displaced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) pandemic abroad, while 3.8 million workers lost their jobs, the Department of Labor and Employment said Thursday.

(Philstar.com), 24 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs said it repatriated another 10,326 Filipinos last week. “This brings the total number of repatriated Filipinos to 265,111 since February 2020,” a press release from the department reads.

By Samuel Medenilla, Businessmirror, 9 Nov 2020 The next round of distribution of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) cash aid for overseas Filipino workers displaced by the pandemic is expected to start this week.

by Darryl John Esguerra, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More than 254,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been sent home amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 chair Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Wednesday night.

by Manila Standard, 16 Aug 2020 The number of overseas Filipino workers seeking assistance due to the effects of the COVID pandemic surged to more than 600,000, the labor department reported on Sunday.

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 10 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Almost 5,000 Filipinos who have returned from various countries have tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019, according to the Department of Health (DOH).

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 31 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Money sent home by Filipinos abroad to their loved ones in the Philippines is seen to further contract this year as more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are displaced due to the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19, according to the Bangko…

By Jeffrey Damicog, Manila Bulletin, 26 May 2020 The government is anticipating the arrival within five months of almost 200,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who lost their jobs because of the pandemic, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said on Tuesday.

by Mayen Jaymalin, Rudy Santos, Michael Punongbayan, Jose Rodel Clapano (The Philippine Star), 7 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) reported yesterday that over 40,000 more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the lockdown abroad due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are expected to return home.

BY WILLIAM DEPASUPIL, Manila Times, Sep 1, 2017 THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has pushed for the productive reintegration of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to reverse the country’s decades-old labor export policy.

By Jojo Maharlika, Mar 9, 2017 In a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed by DOLE and IOM, a two year project on the adoption of a national master plan for migrant reintegration will be implemented.

By Jess Diaz With Marvin Sy (The Philippine Star), May 15, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino has signed into law the Congress-approved bill governing the operations of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). The OWWA law, denominated as Republic Act 10801, defines the functions of the agency, its board of trustees and its secretariat…

MANILA, April 22 – Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz recently signed Administrative Order No. 120, Series of 2016, or the Guidelines on the Implementation of Balik Pinay, Balik Hanapbuhay, to effectively provide and expand the employment and economic opportunities of distressed women overseas Filipino workers.

A total of 1,257 OFW members of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) had received over P800 million in financial aid since the establishment of the agency’s Reintegration Program in 2011.

Overseas Filipino workers availing of repatriation from troubled countries were reassured of “focused and comprehensive” reintegration services from the Department of Labor and Employment.

The government has rolled out programs to create more jobs for Filipinos so that seeking employment abroad will be unnecessary, a Malacañang official said Tuesday.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines (UPDATED) – With Malaysia tightening its policies on immigrants, at least 1,113 Filipinos working and residing in Sabah were deported and are presently staying in an evacuation center in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi.

As Hong Kong’s policy to scrap visa-free travel privileges for Philippine diplomatic and official passport holders took effect Wednesday, the Department of Labor and Employment assured overseas Filipino workers there of government protection.

MANILA – The number of distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have been sent home and had their cases resolved increased in 2013.

MANILA, Philippines – About 3,000 Filipinos working in Taiwan are rendered jobless every month that the hiring freeze imposed by the Taiwanese government runs, officials of Taipei’s main political office in the country said Wednesday. But Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said alternative jobs and enterprise opportunities await those displaced.