PH President Ferdinand Romualdez “BongBong” Marcos Jr. has announced that he wants the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to work together in order to make the issuance of OEC certificate and the Contract Verification for OFWs to become automated and available on smartphones. President BBM mentioned this during his first SONA speech …
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has established the One Repatriation Command Center (ORCC) to provide rapid assistance to repatriation, welfare, and other needs of distressed Overseas Filipino Workers. The One Repatriation Center will now be a centralized and one-stop shop for all OFW repatriation and immediate assistance. This is good because it will help speed up the process and …
A new program has been launched by the Overseas Worker’s Welfare Administration (OWWA) that is called the OFW Children’s Circle or OCC. This new OWWA program will help provide assistance and care to the children of OFWs who were left behind in the Philippines. Many Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) tend to leave their families (and their kids) behind when they …
Please be advised that the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is now called the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). The POEA.GOV.PH website is not working anymore, with a “Page cannot be displayed” error. You have to visit the DMW.GOV.PH to check out the new website. When you also check the official FB Page of POEA, it now redirects to the …
The Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Milan reminded Overseas Filipino Workers to stay true to their employment contracts. This was after reports of complaints on Filipinos based in Romania wherein household service workers (HSWs) have left their current foreign employers and transferred to another without fixing any existing issues they have. Also Read: Directory: POLO-OWWA Offices Overseas According to a …