MANILA—THE OVERSEAS Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) spent the highest amount in a decade in 2010, and most of the expenditures were used for assisting repatriated overseas workers and for handing out disability and death benefits. Documents obtained by the OFW Journalism Consortium showed that the world’s largest welfare fund for migrant workers spent P78.18 million in […] More
MANILA – WHAT type of an agency is the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)? If officials of the agency answer that OWWA is a government-owned-and-controlled corporation (GOCC), then the world’s largest welfare fund for migrant workers might have to abide by the provisions of a new law for GOCCs. President Aquino III signed last June […] More
Ayon sa DFA, madali na ang pagkuha mula sa National Statistics Office (NSO) ng mga dokumento katulad ng Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Death Certificate o Certificate of No Record of Marriage (CENOMAR) kahit na ang nangangailangan ng dokumento ay naninirahan sa ibang bansa gaya ng Italya. Ang paghiling diumano ng mga nasabing dokumento ay maaari nang […] More
According to news site ‘Ang OFW Ngayon’, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is now accepting nominations for the “2011 Model Overseas Filipino Worker Family of the Year Award” (MOFYA). Nominations and documentary requirements will be accepted from July 15-September 16, 2011. According to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, the award’s main objective is to recognize the […] More
MANILA—ABOUT 521,253 Filipinos became naturalized citizens of eight countries part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD’s 2011 International Migration Outlook bared that 386,739 Filipinos became naturalized citizens of the United States from 2000 to 2009. As well, 109,909 Filipinos became naturalized Canadians; 8,246 became naturalized citizens of New Zealand; 2,898 became naturalized […] More
Rome – The BBFI is a non-stock, non-profit organization conceived to uphold the new heroes of our time, the overseas Filipino workers. It works hand-in-hand with the POEA and OWWA in paying tribute to the OFWs through the Bagong Bayani Awards. Submission of entries has been extended up to July this year. The primary purposes […] More
On Tuesday, Japan upgraded its nuclear emergency to alert level 7 as workers in the plant try to control overheating reactors. The accident is now at par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, which also reached the highest alert level. Chief government spokesman Yukio Edano has already expressed concern about radiation “hot spots” even outside the […] More
Rome, 29 March 2011 – Isang araw bago sumapit ang Marso 30 na siyang araw na itinakda ng Chinese government para bitayin ang 3 Pinoy na sina Sally Ordinario Villanueva, Elizabeth Batain at Ramon Credo ay tila suko na ang Malacañang sa pag-apela dahil sa desisyon pa rin ng China ang masusunod. Kaugnay nito muling […] More
Yen Baet lumahok at nanalo sa National Geographic photo contest. Ang resulta ay naka-post din sa website Nat Geo. Yen Baet, isang Filipino-American writer-photographer na nanalo ng grand prize sa National Geographic contest para sa kanyang larawan ng "Rainy Night in Hallstatt" na kanyang kinuha dalawang taon na ang nakaraan, sa village ng Hallstatt sa […] More
Dumating sa Pilipinas ang pangatlong batch ng mga Pilipino na nangangamba sa kanilang kalusugan. MANILA – Dumating noong Linggo, Marso 6 sa NAIA ang 510 OFWs mula Madagascar na kasalukuyang sumasailalim sa mga pagsusuri. Ito ay dahil sa pangangambang mayroon silang malaria outbreak. Sa kasalukuyan, ay pinag-aaralan ng mga opisyal ng Overseas Workers and Welfare […] More
Walang nasugatang Pinoy ngunit kinakatakutan na maaaring umabot sa Pilipinas ang tsunami Solomon Island – 7 Marso 2011- Walang inulat na nasugatan sa naramdamang lindol na may 6,6 magnitude sa Solomon Island kaninang umaga (Manila time). Ayon kay Philppine Embassy to Papua New Guinea charge d’affaires Bolivar Bao, hindi nag-iwan ng malaking pinsala ang lindol. […] More
Ipinabot nà ng New Zealand Government ang pakikiramay sa DFA. Malabo na ang pag-asang buhay pa ang 11 Filipino students na na-trap sa gumuhong gusali sa Christchurch City sa New Zealand, kung saan kahapon ay nagtapat na ang New Zealand authorities na “ipinapalagay na patay na” ang mga ito. Ang foreign ministry ng New Zealand […] More
