The newly-created Department of Migrant Workers is optimistic that with their fresh budget next year, they can be able to open regional offices to further improve their services for OFWs’ families hailing outside the Greater Metro Manila area.
Ople said that they are planning to open 16 regional offices.
“By next year, the DMW shall have sufficient funds to establish regional offices to service the needs of OFW families and potential OFWs across the country,” Ople said in a Sunstar report.
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The DMW chief said that they are hoping to have enough budget to open the offices.
Ople previously thanked lawmakers at the House of Representatives for approving their proposed P15.2 billion budget for 2023.
“We draw inspiration and courage from the kind words of support for the DMW’s budget from the committee chair Rep. David “Jay-Jay” Suarez and all its members,” Ople said.
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Ople is currently in Saudi Arabia to hold dialogues with their Saudi counterparts.
DMW’s budget for 2023 is P15.2B – of which P3.5B is allocated for the Office of the Secretary and the department’s various units and bureaus while P11.7B is being set aside for the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration or OWWA, an attached agency of the DMW.
