Overseas Filipino Workers rights group Migrante International launched “Tanggol Migrante,” a program that aims to provide assistance to OFWs and their families by creating local chapters that will provide paralegal, medical and psychological aid, among others.
Kin of two Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), who died in appalling circumstances while on vacation here in the country, will receive assistance from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa).
Human trafficking victims like Mary Jane Veloso, who is still on death row in Indonesia, should not be blamed for their condition, said an international group.
Activists here lighted candles in support of the campaign to save the life of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) now facing death sentence by firing squad in Nusakumbangan island, Indonesia this Tuesday (April 28).
Four of the 78 overseas Filipino workers who returned home from Yemen on Tuesday, are from Davao Region, an OWWA (Overseas Workers Welfare Administration) official here said.
Sardines might be better off than stranded overseas Filipino workers in a villa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
An official from the National Re-integration Center for Overseas Filipino Workers (NRCO) said that programs and livelihood assistance from the agency will start anew in helping repatriate migrant workers.
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA – XI) Regional Director Eduardo Bellido urged the local government to strengthen the monitoring system and quarantine policy
