OFWs-Reintegration

MANILA, Philippines – A crisis management committee activated by President Aquino when the Sabah stand-off began has drawn up contingency plans in case of forced deportation or mass evacuation of an estimated 500,000 Filipinos from the disputed territory.

MANILA, Philippines – Nearly 300 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) fleeing the violence in Syria returned home yesterday in the biggest single repatriation effort negotiated between the two governments. The repatriates arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminal in two batches on chartered flights paid for by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

MANILA, Philippines – Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario left for Syria Monday to check on the condition of Filipinos affected by the deteriorating security situation in that country and to coordinate with top Syrian Government officials to secure their immediate repatriation.

‘We Want To Go Home’ MANILA, Philippines — As the civil war in Syria intensifies, more than 200 Filipino workers wait at the Philippine embassy in Damascus to be flown home. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Finance and Administration Rafael Seguis said Monday the Filipinos reached the embassy with the help of the Rapid Response Team…

All Filipino workers who will be evacuated from conflict-stricken countries will now be interviewed upon arrival in the country, Vice President Jejomar Binay said after the discovery of many underaged workers being sent abroad.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Sunday said that almost all available data and performance reports of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will be posted online this year to enhance government transparency, reduce red tape and boost anticorruption efforts.

THE Department of Labor and Employment on Tuesday urged Filipinos working in Syria to come home, saying that there are high-paying jobs awaiting them. She added that the government will assist overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) repatriated from Syria.

With the escalating violence in Syria, the Philippine government pressed the go button for the mass evacuation of at least 17,000 Filipinos trapped in the raging conflict. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday raised the crisis alert level in the troubled Middle East state from alert level 3, which means voluntary evacuation, to alert…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government has repatriated at least 26,273 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), most of them from war-torn Libya, in the first 11 months of this year, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines—Majority of the 17,000 overseas Filipino workers based in Syria, most of them undocumented domestic helpers, have ignored the government’s voluntary repatriation program, prompting the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to intensify its efforts to reach out to the OFWs and convince them to leave the troubled country.

Vice President Jejomar Binay returned home late Friday night after a lightning trip to Saudi Arabia where he attended the burial of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz on behalf of President Aquino.

The Philippine government has set aside P2 billion in business loans under its re-integration program for migrant workers including those who may be displaced by a new policy being enforced by Saudi Arabia, one of the richest markets for Filipino manpower.

THE Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) has assured repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that they can avail of financial assistance as part of their reintegration program, and even may avail of jobs or loan assistance from the government.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) remains unfazed by the Saudization policy restricting the hiring of foreign workers in the Kingdom. The Saudi Arabian government has yet to come up with a matrix which would categorize about 3,000 companies in the Kingdom.

GARAPAN, Saipan – Hundreds of jobless Filipinos in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) have until November 27 this year to find a new employer or face deportation from the United States territory.

A total of 901 overstaying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have returned home as a result of Vice President Jejomar Binay’s visit to these countries.

Some 10,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are seeking to avail of a loan under the P2 billion national reintegration program of the Philippine government.

DUBAI // Some help is on hand for Filipina maids and nannies who find themselves trapped by abusive employers. A Filipino organisation is dedicated to helping domestic workers and tracking down Filipinos involved in human trafficking and illegal recruitment activities.

GENEVA — Thousands of migrants stranded in Tripoli are unable to be evacuated as they cannot safely reach the port or register with their embassies, the Inter-national Organization for Migration (IOM) yesterday said.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Philippine Overseas Workers Welfare Administration recently announced that it is now accepting applications from dependents of overseas Filipino workers for its college scholarship program. The scholarship program, called Education for Development Scholarship Program, is open to all high school graduating students in the Philippines who are children or dependents of active OWWA members.

MANILA, Philippines – The Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) spent the highest amount in a decade in 2010, and most of the expenditures were used for assisting repatriated overseas workers and for handing out disability and death benefits.

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang yesterday said it is preparing for the repatriation of at least 17,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Syria after tension escalated in the troubled Middle Eastern nation.

The Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday urged some 17,000 Filipinos in strife-torn Syria to leave as the political tension and violence in the country continue to worsen.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) are collaborating in training overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to become entrepreneurs which will hopefully help strengthen the Philippines’ exporting capability.

Some 150 overseas Filipino workers forced to flee strife-torn Libya earlier this year are getting a fresh start in Bulacan province, opening new businesses with an P11-million loan from the provincial government.

ONLY overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are and were members of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) are qualified to apply for enterprise loan under the P2-billion OFW-Reintegration Program (OFW-RP), a labor official clarified on Monday.

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) announced that the P2-billion reintegration loan program administered by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) is available to both active and former members of OWWA who want to start or expand their small and medium business projects.

The Philippine government has set aside P2 billion in business loans under its re-integration program for migrant workers including those who may be displaced by a new policy being enforced by Saudi Arabia, one of the richest markets for Filipino manpower.

MANILA, Philippines – Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who stand to lose their jobs in Saudi Arabia as a result of the “Saudization” policy can avail of business loans out of the P2 billion re-integration program of the government.

MANILA, Philippines – The government is offering loan assistance for Filipino workers who may be displaced in Saudi Arabia because of the new hiring policy implemented in the Middle East kingdom. The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), under the P2-billion reintegration program, is offering no collateral loans for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who would want…