Tag: Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)

Jinggoy to gov’t: Give livelihood aid to OFWs displaced by Sudan conflict

(POLITIKO) Senator Jinggoy Estrada has called on the government to provide livelihood assistance to Filipino workers displaced by the conflict in Sudan. According to Estrada, many of these displaced Filipinos will likely have minimal savings and would need assistance for alternative employment when they return home. Estrada, chair of the Senate panel on labor and…
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Jinggoy sa OWWA, DOLE: Bigyan ng kabuhayan OFWs na uuwi mula sa Sudan

(ABANTE) Nanawagan si Senador Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada sa Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) na tiyakin ang pagbibigay ng livelihood assistance sa mga inililikas at iuuwing mga overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) na naipit sa lumalalang civil war sa Sudan. Hinimok din ni Estrada, chairperson ng Senate Committee on Labor and Employment, ang Department of Labor and…
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OWWA, DOLE urged to give livelihood aid to displaced Filipinos from Sudan

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Wednesday urged the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to provide displaced Filipinos from war-stricken Sudan with alternative sources of livelihood. Estrada, chair of the Senate committee on labor and employment, said the government bodies should brace for the return of…
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Senador, pinaghahanda ang gobyerno ng livelihood assistance para sa mga Pilipinong uuwi mula sa Sudan

(RMN) Pinatitiyak ni Committee on Labor and Employment Chairman Senator Jinggoy Estrada sa Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) na may nakahandang livelihood program sa mga Overseas Filipino Worker na uuwi mula sa Sudan. Inaasahan ang pag-uwi ng lahat ng mga OFW mula sa Sudan na naiipit sa lumalalang civil war na nangyayari sa pagitan ng…
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Jinggoy urges OWWA, DOLE to provide alternative livelihood programs for displaced Sudan OFWs

LABOR advocate Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has asked the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to ensure the provision of livelihood assistance to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Sudan who have been displaced by the recent infighting in the mixed African-Arab country. Estrada, who is the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Labor and Employment, also…
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PH has more than enough to cover repatriation of 150,000 OFWs in Taiwan-Jinggoy

(MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine government has enough funds to cover for the repatriation of about 150,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan in case the China-Taiwan situation deteriorates. Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, said two-thirds of this year’s budget of the newly-established Department of Migrant Workers (DMW)–equivalent to P10.6 billion–had…
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Statement on contingency plans for OFWs in Taiwan

Two-thirds of this year’s budget of the newly-established Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) or P10.6 billion had been earmarked for welfare services of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), including the Emergency Repatriation Program. This is more than enough to cover the repatriation of an estimated 200,000 OFWs currently in Taiwan, if the government is forced to…
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