The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is ramping up its emergency response operations to better cater to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the Middle East crisis, while ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) are not giving out P150,000 in financial assistance. The DMW made the announcement ...

The government’s repatriation program generally covers the provision of air ticket, airport assistance, halfway home accommodation, medical assistance or referral, domestic transport assistance, and ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)-7 has recorded 62 requests for assistance since tensions in the Middle East began. This was confirmed by Christina Marie ...

MANILA, Philippines — Despite warnings that government cash assistance programs function as "soft pork" and evidence of poor implementation, the bicameral conference committee approved doubling the ...