by Trisha Tan | Jan 8, 2020 | News
Overseas Workers Welfare Administrator Hans Cacdac said rapid response teams are now deployed in Iraq and Iran areas as tension between the United States and Iran escalates. “The Department of Foreign Affairs is already located where they should be in Baghdad...
by Jojo Dass | Sep 30, 2019 | News
President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson as the new deputy executive director for the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). A list of new appointees released by Malacañang showed that Uson was appointed on...
by Jojo Dass | Jun 10, 2019 | EDITOR’S CHOICE, News
DUBAI: A total of 6,736 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a visit visa have been able to have their contracts verified and became eligible for Overseas Employment Certificates (OECs). Labor Attaché Fely Bay told The...
by Trisha Tan | Jun 5, 2019 | News
The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) are joining forces to ensure response to Filipino nurses working abroad. The nurses’ group and OWWA signed a Memorandum of Undestanding (MOU) on the sidelines of Migrant...
by Staff Report | Mar 18, 2019 | News
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) launched the OFW e-card last November 2018 that would give overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) easier access to the services offered by the administration. With the card, OFWs can easily avail of the benefits offered by...
