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PHILHEALTH REMINDS OFWS OF NEW PREMIUM RATE
Wednesday 22nd of May 2013
CEBU CITY, May 22 (PIA) --The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) reminds the land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) of the premium increase that is set to be fully implemented in 2014.
Since 2005, the OFWs have been paying P900 a year as contribution when the Medicare functions of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) was finally transferred to PhilHealth.
The PhilHealth Board approved sometime in 2011 a new premium rate for land-based OFWs under the Overseas Workers Program that was peg at P2,400 per year to take effect in 2012.
This would have been the lowest premium rate for all PhilHealth members to...
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07Jun2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, June 7 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Eastern Visayas will pay tribute to 800 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families, today. OWWA 8 Director Evangeline Filamor said that the activity, which is dubbed as Araw ng Pasasalamat, will be a whole day event in Leyte Provincial Capitol Gymnasium. This event is in line with the Migrant Workers Day celebration. OWWA has lined up various activities aimed at making the day memorable for th...
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04Jun2012Di kaila na ang pagpapasuso ay maraming benipisyong naidudulot sa sanggol at ina. Para sa sanggol, ang gatas ng ina o ang pinakamabuting pagkain sa unang anim na buwan para sa mabilis na paglusog at paglaki. Para sa nanay, ang pagpapasuso ay nagpapababa ng pagkakataong magka-kanser sa suso at mainam para sa tamang pag-aagwat ng pagdadalantao. Ilan lang ito sa mga benipisyong naidudulot ng pagpapasuso sa sanggol at nanay. Ayon sa pinakahuling survey ng Food and Nutrition Research Institute n...
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01Jun2012MANILA, June 1 (PIA) -- The 7th National Nutrition Survey (NNS) by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST) revealed that 4.3 percent or about four in every 100 newborns to five year-old children are overweight for their age. A child is overweight-for-height if the weight is much greater than that of normal children of the same height. Although the prevalence of overweight children belonging to this age group is still low, it has been st...
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10May2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- Dependents of deceased overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) received livelihood financial assistance from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Northern Mindanao (OWWA-10). The checks were personally handed by OWWA-10 Director Petrona Bergado and Atty. Johnson Cañete, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment during the OWWA-10 anniversary program last May 8. Three surviving dependents received P15,000 assistance each, which they c...
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10May2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Regional Office 10, gave recognition to its partner agencies in the region for their continued support to the programs of OWWA and their sustained commitment in helping promote the socio-economic welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their dependents. The awarding, held at the OWWA-10 Office last May 8, was one of the highlights of the regional celebration of OWWA’s 30th year of delivering dedi...
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01May2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, May 1 (PIA) -- Sixteen sets of officers have committed to empower all overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Surigao del Sur, after taking oath as the new officers for the OFW family clubs from the 16 municipalities of the province of Surigao del Sur. The oath-taking ceremony, conducted during the Organizational Development Seminar here, was graced by representatives from the local government units, provincial government of Surigao del Sur, Department of Trade and Ind...
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26Apr2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, April 26 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have organized a training on meat processing for members of an Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) association. The training, which was attended by 23 members of Ipil OFW Association, was a strategic response to reduce socio-economic vulnerability by expanding the employment opportunity of the membe...
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18Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 18 (PIA) -- The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is inviting historians, researchers, social studies and history teachers to participate in the 2012 National Conference on Filipino Historiography. This year’s conference to be held at the University of the Philippines-Baguio Auditorium, Baguio City on April 26 to 28 aims to discuss the traditional and new sources of historical research, as well as the conditions and challenges of research sources at the n...
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17Apr2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union April 17 (PIA) -- Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office I (OWWA RWOI) has opened 12 slots for dependents of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) and still accepting applications for their Overseas Filipino Workers Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP). The OFWDSP offers financial assistance to qualified dependents of active OWWA member OFWs who have a monthly salary of not more than US$400 as per valid work contract, according to OWWA-RWO1 Labor...
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13Apr2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- Seven families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) benefitted from the P2-billion reintegration program of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Region 2. Regional Director Robert Bassig said there were already 108 OFW families who underwent entrepreneurship development training through the Department of Trade and Industry as a pre-requisite to the release of the livelihood assistance to them. “Because we are just starting, we have assisted ...
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12Apr2012DIPOLOG CITY, Apr. 12(PIA) -- Uban ang pagtunol ug pahasubo sa pamilya sa mga tripulanteng Filipino nga napatay sa gihimong rescue operation didto sa Iran human nga ang ilang gisakyang barko gi-hijack sa mga piratang Somali didto sa kadagatan sa India niadtong miaging bulan, misaad usab ang Malakanyang nga motunol ug hinabang ngadto sa pamilya sa mga biktima. “Mitunol kami sa among pahasubo sa pamilya sa 2 ka Filipino nga napatay sa gihimong rescue operation. Apan sa among pagsabot, dunay hin...
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28Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, MarCH 27 (PIA) -- Like thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who ventured in foreign lands, a now famous Las Vegas-based Ventano Italian Grill and Seafoods chef wanted to share the fortunes he earned with the poor students of his home barangay Polonuling, in South Cotabato province. In simple ceremonies Tuesday morning, chef Rodolfo Janeo, personally turned over 35 balikbayan boxes containing books for various subjects; computer sets with printers; DVDs and DVD Players; s...
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23Mar2012CALAMBA, Misamis Occidental, March 23 (PIA) -- The conduct of indigenous Filipino games brought color to the recent celebration of the 64th Araw ng Calamba in Misamis Occidental last February 8 to 14. Anchored on the theme “Gugma: Tulay sa Kahiusahan, Kalinaw ug Kalamboan (Love: Bridge to Unity, Peace and Development),” the games were more on endurance and physical fitness and were played by participants coming from the town’s different barangays. The event brought the...
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21Mar2012SAN JOSE, Antique, Mar 21 (PIA) -- The Province of Antique has launched on Tuesday the Youth and Migrant Center (AYMC) at the 3rd Floor of Antique Development Center in San Jose to cater to concerns of the youth, overseas Filipinos and their families and the Antiquenos in general. According to Ricardo Casco, National Program Officer of International Organization on Migration, the objective of putting up AYMC is primarily not only to promote migration overseas but im...
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21Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, Mar. 21(PIA) -- Malipayon karong gidawat sa Malakanyang ang gihimo sa Kagamhanan sa Syria nga pagdili sa mga Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) nga manarbaho sa maong nasod, samtang padayong naningkamot ang gobyerno pagpapauli sa mga OFWs nga naipit sa kagubot sa maong nasod. Giluwatan ni Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte ang pahayag sa gipahigayong press briefing sa Malakanyang human madawat ang taho nga nag-isyo ang Syrian Ministry of Interior ug Decision Orde...
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17Mar2012CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, March 17 (PIA) -- The regional office here of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) facilitated recently the mandatory pre-departure orientation seminar (PDOS) for the 12 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for United States, Australia, UAE, Canada, Uganda, and the Middle East. PDOS is a whole-day activity designed to provide OFWs with information in preparation for their living and working abroad. The overseas-bound Filipinos were provided with a g...
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16Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar. 16 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Regional Welfare Office 1 (OWWA-RWO1) recently launched the monthly Entrepreneurial Development Training (EDT) Ilocos Norte at the Sanguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall in Laoag City as part of the agency’s providing social preparation for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents. According to Labor Communications Officer Amapola Z Villar, the EDT, which will be held in the area e...
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13Mar2012Manila, March 12 -- The Philippine Embassy, led by Ambassador to Belgium Victoria S. Bataclan, facilitated the organization meeting and induction rites of the 1st Filipino Nurses Association in Belgium (FILNABEL) at the Embassy Hall of Presidents in Brussels on February 26. Twenty-one nurses deployed from the Philippines, including Filipino nurses who studied and were hired in Belgium and those nurses who are employed in other occupations, attended the event. Filipino scholars ...
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10Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 10 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has deferred the implementation of the increase in premium contribution rates for overseas Filipino worker (OFW) members. Miramar Palacio, information officer of PhilHealth Tacloban, informed the Philippine Information Agency that this new development is contained in PhilHealth Circular 07, Series of 2012, which amended an earlier issuance prescribing the new contribution rates for the diff...
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10Mar2012DAVAO CITY, March 10 (PIA) -- Now serving 27 cases of abandoned women and families of overseas Filipino Workers, the Mindanao Migrants Center for Empowering Actions Inc. (MMCEAI) continues to pilot this advocacy here in the city. "We are starting this in Davao by documenting cases and assisting the victims of this form of abandonment by way of legal help, counselling, and livelihood assistance", said MMCEAI executive director Inorisa Sialana-Elento. Some overseas work...
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07Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- The U.S. Embassy and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the approval of a $500,000 grant for the purchase of medical equipment for the Philippines Veterans Memorial Medical Center. In a press statement released to the media, Director of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Office Jon Kelly said that the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office has identified equipment to establish an Eye Center as the top priority this year, and this g...
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07Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 7 (PIA) -- President Benigno Aquino III has appointed Angeles University Foundation (AUF) professor Dr. Lucena Samson as commissioner of the Commission on the Filipino Language (CFL) representing the Kapampangan dialect. Samson has been teaching at AUF for 40 years now and has served in various capacities in the past. CFL is a government agency under the Office of the President that was conceived via Republic Act 7104. Its vision is to make...
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07Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 7 -- The U.S. Embassy and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are pleased to announce that the U.S. Veterans Affairs Administration has approved a $500,000 grant in the form of VA-purchased medical equipment for the Philippines Veterans Memorial Medical Center. “The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office has identified equipment to establish an Eye Center as their top priority this year, and this grant will cover roughly 70% of their equipment need...
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04Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 4 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has reported that 75 percent of the about 10 million population of Central Luzon is now covered by the government-owned insurance company. This was disclosed by Dr. Roberto Reyes, department manager of PhilHealth Region 3, saying the number covers members who are government-employed with 7 percent, private-employed with 33 percent, individually-paying with 20 percent, overseas worke...
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04Mar2012MANILA, Mar 4 -- Samtang anaa’y mga grupo nga wala mo-suporta sa reform agenda sa gobyerno, si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nag ingon gahapong adlawa nga ang mga Filipinos nag sugod na sa pag ani sa bunga sa “hustong dalan” nga gi-champion sa iyang administrasyon. Diha sa interview nga gibuhat didto sa Calapan, Oriental Mindoro durante sa pag lunsad sa proyekto sa enerhiya didto sa maong lugar, ang Presidente nag ingon ngadto sa mga reporters nga nakadawat siya ug ...
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02Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 2 (PIA6) -- The three-day “America in 3D” road show of the U.S. Embassy in Iloilo which formally opened March 2 at SM City-Iloilo is part of the effort to prove the close ties that bind the United States and the Philippines, according to U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Leslie Bassett. In her message, Bassett said the closeness of relationship between the Americans and Filipinos is founded on the friendship with one another. The statement of the U....
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01Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 1 -- An additional 91 displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Northern Mindanao received livelihood grants of P10,000 each from the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO). The distribution of checks was held Feb. 16, at the Grand Caprice Restaurant in Cagayan de Oro City. It was witnessed by Congressman Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro’s 2nd Congressional District, Ambassador Fortunato Oblena of NRCO, Regional Director Johnson Cañe...
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01Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 1 -- As part of the psychosocial intervention for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their dependents, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) initiated the conduct of stress debriefing seminars for members of the Iligan Overseas Workers Association. The group-beneficiary is an OFW family circle organized by OWWA in Hinaplanon, Iligan City, one of the areas hardest hit by typhoon Sendong. It has an active membership of 50 OFW families, ma...
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29Feb2012ILOILO CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA6) -- U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Leslie Bassett will join sailors from the USS Chafee, volunteers from the 1Meal program and local residents in painting school classrooms at the Esteban Juntado Sr. Memorial Elementary School in Barangay Calumpang, Molo in this city on March 3. The school painting project is part of the “America in 3D” road show of the U.S. Embassy slated March 2-4 here which will focus on U.S. Diplomacy, Development and Defense a...
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29Feb2012DAVAO CITY Feb. 29 (PIA)---A positive Philippine economy in recent years has contributed much to Singapore tourism as more and more Filipino tourists are flocking to the island state. During an interview at Marco Polo Davao, Serina Chan, area director for Brunei and Philippines for the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said the Philippines is the 3rd fastest growing market for Singapore tourism next to China and Taiwan. Last 2011, Filipino tourists to Singapo...
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23Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) Region 2 has posted disposal rate of cases filed from both local and overseas employments. Nympha Aguda, administrative officer IV, said that in the 2011 accomplishment report, 424 of the 506 cases filed were successfully arbitrated, posting 84 percent case disposition. Of these cases, 339 were filed by local employees wherein 80 percent was already disposed, while 167 were filed by overseas Filipino worker...
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23Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) - The search has begun for outstanding Chinese-Filipinos, also known as “Tsinoys,” to contend for the Dr. Jose Rizal Excellence Awards 2012. The search is a biennial event arranged by the Manila Times and the Kaisa Para sa Kaunlaran, Inc. which aims to honor Tsinoys who have made substantial and excellent contributions to the Philippine society in their respective fields or disciplines. The nominations of contenders are anchored ...
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22Feb2012The Philippines is home to roughly 85 million Filipinos. Of this number, 84 percent are literate. The blind population is 467,000 while the deaf is estimated at 12 million, according to Paul Lewis study in 2009. With the archipelagic situation of the country composed of 7,000 islands, it is no wonder that the Philippines has different languages. In Paul Lewis’s study on Ethnologue: Languages of the World, the Philippines has 175 listed individual languages. Of these, 171 are livin...
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20Feb2012TUGEUGARAO CITY, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- Eighty-one dependents of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are assisted by the Overseas Welfare Workers Administration (OWWA) scholarship programs in the Cagayan Valley region. Family Welfare Office Lea Marie Carag-Barasi said that in the OFW-dependent scholarship program, 64 students who are pursuing associate degree studies will receive P20,000 each per school year for their tuition fees, miscellaneous, and other educational requirements. On the education for...
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19Feb2012SAN PABLO CITY, Feb. 19 (PIA) - -In compliance with the Civil Service Commission Memo Circular No. 8,s. 2011, reiterating the physical fitness program “Great Filipino Workout” as part ofthe national fitness and sports development program for government personnel, the Office of the City Mayor, through the sports and development office (SDO) will launch the program this February at the central school oval. This health and wellness program of the city wil...
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13Feb2012MANILA, Peb 13 -- Sa pagsubli sa prinsipyo ni Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III kabahin sa leadership pinaagi sa transparency, accountability and good governance, si Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio “Sonny” B. Coloma Jr. nag aghat sa katawhan sa paghimo ug mga lakang sa pag dala sa mga paningkamot ngadto sa pag kab-ot sa kalinaw ug kalamboan sa nasud nga gilaan sa Aquino government. Diha sa iyang mubo nga pamulong nga gihinganlan ug &l...
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09Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 9 (PIA) -- The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) yesterday opened a mobile center for the registration of overseas absentee voters. Overseas-based Filipinos, who are currently in the country can now register for overseas absentee voting (OAV) at the CFOs office located at the Citigold Center, 1345 Pres. Quirino Avenue corner Osmeña Highway (South Superhighway) in Manila. “The establishment of the OAV registration center in CFO aims to bring ...
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06Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 6 (PIA) -- Of all the health concerns that catch the average Filipino’s attention one way or another, dental health is arguably the least prioritized. Studies reveal that Filipinos, especially children, have been negligent in terms of dental care. The 2006 National Oral Health Survey (NOHS) revealed that 97.1 percent of six-year-old children suffer from tooth decay. More than four out of every five children of this subgroup manifested symptoms of dentinogeni...
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03Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 3 (PIA) – Philippine and Lebanese labor officials Thursday signed two landmark agreements that may soon lead to the lifting of the deployment ban of Filipino workers in the country. Philippine Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz and Lebanese Labor Minister Charbel Nahaz signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Labor Cooperation and the accompanying protocol. The MOU guarantees more protection and welfare for overseas Filipino workers, especially household ...
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27Jan2012BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- More than 200 Caraganon-Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), especially the Household Service Workers, are ready to make well-informed decisions and are equipped with skills necessary for their work abroad after joining the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration’s (OWWA) 4-day Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS). According to OFW Emily Villarin, a PDOS participant under the 7th batch, she can not deny the fact that she felt fear after she l...
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24Jan2012BAGUIO CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) leaders, families and scholars, in partnership with the Overseas Workers Administration Cordillera Regional Welfare Office (OWWA-CAR) showed their care for the environment as they joined the city’s re-greening effort through a tree-planting and clean-up drive in a tree park here last January 21. The activity was held in a remote part of Burnham Park, along Kisad road near the Government Service Insurance Syst...
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24Jan2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in region 2 is urging Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their legal beneficiaries to enroll in the Microsoft Tulay program, a special project in partnership with Microsoft Corporation which provides information and communication technology training to OFWs and their families to broaden their career opportunities. Nestle Baccay, OWWA-based Information Technology instructor, said only a few OFWs a...
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20Jan2012BAGUIO CITY, Jan 20 (PIA) - - The Filipino- Chinese Community, in partnership with the City Government of Baguio, held a symposium on health research outputs on treatment of difficult and complicated medical cases using traditional Chinese medicine at the City Hall Multi-purpose Hall, Wednesday. This activity, in line with the city’s celebration of Spring Festival 2012 or the Chinese New Year, was attended by hundreds of people including student...
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19Jan2012MANILA, Jan 19 (PIA) -- Strong remittance flows from both sea-based and land-based overseas Filipino workers for the first 11 months of 2011 reached US$18.3 billion. The amount is 7.3 percent higher than the level posted in the same period last year. In a statement, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando Tetangco, Jr. said that for November alone, remittances reached US$1.8 billion, the highest monthly level of remittances recorded. The 10.6 growth in remi...
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18Jan2012DAVAO CITY, Davao del Sur, Jan. 18 (PIA) -- The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration in the region is beefing up its campaign against illegal recruitment in a bid to further prevent Filipinos from being victimized by such act. POEA Regional Center for Mindanao chief Maria Carolina Agdamag said that information campaign on anti-illegal recruitment will be intensified this year up to the grassroots level. “We will keep on campaigning and giving-out information,...
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07Jan2012CEBU CITY, Jan. 7 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) extends the payment deadline of individually-paying members (IPM) for the fourth quarter of 2011 on Mar. 21, 2011, especially in Sendong-affected areas in the country. In a press release, PhilHealth gives a three-month extension to give consideration to IPMs residing therein. Voluntary and self-employed IPMs generally pay on a quarterly basis. Premiums must be paid on or before the last working ...
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28Dec2011DAVAO CITY, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- A non-government organization catering to migrant workers from Mindanao has considered extending its livelihood program to the abandoned families of overseas Filipino workers. The Davao City-based Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation is reviewing a proposal from another OFW advocate group to reach out to the distressed wives, husbands and children who were abandoned by their OFW spouses and parents. Benilda Rom of Unlad Kabayan said they...
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26Dec2011MANILA, Dec. 26 (PIA) -- With the full operations of the Professional Regulations Commission’s (PRC) 24/7 ‘e-Services,’ clients will be able to avail of the Agency’s services easily anytime, anywhere, thereby, hastening PRC’s delivery of services while de-congesting its offices of thousands of professionals and licensure examination applicants who transact business with PRC every day. PRC chairman Teresita Manzala, in a news release posted, said that the PR...
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16Dec2011SIQUIJOR, Dec. 17 (PIA) -- At least three Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) from Siquijor seek technical assistance from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to avail of the loan packages from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Roger Maglinte, 50, Bernard Duhaylungod, 54 and Felix Pabinguit, 44, all seamen overseas returnees appeared last weel at the local office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to request for its assistance in mee...
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07Nov2011TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, Nov. 7 (PIA) -– Gov. Khalid Q. Dimaporo expressed his gratitude to President Benigno S. Aquino III for declaring today a holiday not only for Muslims but for Christians, as well. “This act of President Aquino is very laudable, since it pushes for more unity and understanding of each others’ cultures, “ the Governor said. Himself, an offspring of a Muslim-Christian marriage of Former Congressman Abdulah Dimaporo, a Maranao and Former Governo...
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10Oct2011SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Oct. 10 (PIA) -– The Overseas Filipino Council International (OFCI), a group of Filipino-Americans based in the United States through their local chapters here in the Philippines has embarked on a mission to assist local residents in putting up classrooms for pre-schoolers and teach parents on how to prepare nutritious foods for their children. Anita Schon, president of the OFCI based in Washington, USA, said their group through their La Union Chapter h...
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23Sep2011KORONADAL CITY, Sept 23 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA 12) is inviting overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to avail of its livelihood assistance. OWWA 12 Regional Director Abdulgani Umag said the Balik-Pinay Balik Hanap-buhay program, which it implements with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is open to former and returning OFWs who wish to develop income generating projects as option to working abroad. Umag said program is...
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22Sep2011MANILA, Feb. 28 (PIA) – Senator Chiz Escudero called on key agencies concerned to cut all bureaucratic red tapes in the release of the OFW standby fund which is meant for situations such as this in Libya. Escudero, chairman of the Senate committee on justice and human rights, said the government should adopt a ‘one-size-fits-all’ evacuation program to ensure that every Filipino in the troubled Libya is reached and assigned a place for pick-up and evacuation. This should...
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19Aug2011BUTUAN CITY, August 19 (PIA) -- Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will conduct investigation on the recent incident where a certain Juvy Montesoso, an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) from Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur died on August 5, 2011 when she allegedly jumped from the sixth floor of the building. In a recent interview with PIA, OWWA-Caraga Regional Director Dr. Marietta Lumawag said OWWA will conduct an investigation into the case. Dr. Lumawag also said...
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17Aug2011BUTUAN CITY, August 17 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Director Dr. Marietta A. Lumawag today confirmed that an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) from Caraga Region who was working in Kuwait died recently. In an interview with PIA, Dr. Lumawag said Juvy Montesoso from Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur reportedly died after jumping from the sixth floor of the building where she is working as a receptionist. Lumawag said a thorough investigati...
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01Aug2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Aug. 1 (PIA) – At least 22 beneficiaries of the Overseas Filipino Workers Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP) have been named by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to have come from Misamis Oriental. This figure is actually 32.35 percent of 68, the total number of the OFWDSP beneficiaries in the region, Petrona M. Bergado, Regional Director of OWWA, region 10, said, during today’s awarding of the Notice of Awards to th...
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29Jul2011CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, July 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) is a Government Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCC) whose mission is to ensure adequate financial access of every Pilipino to quality health care services through the efficient administration of the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP). With such mission, this government owned and controlled entity envisioned as an adequate and affordable social health insurance coverage for all. (Sapa...
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28Jul2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, July 28 (PIA) -- Some 1,250 students nationwide are set to benefit from the Overseas Filipino Workers Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP) offered by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Petrona Bergado, regional director of OWWA - Region 10, said about 68 of these scholars will come from Northern Mindanao. She said the OFWDSP aims to provide opportunity to poor but deserving students to earn a baccalaureate degree or associate degr...
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26Jun2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, June 26 (PIA) – The country’s ‘sailing ambassadors’ were feted yesterday as Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III issued Presidential Proclamation No. 183 which designates June 25 of every year as the “Day of the Filipino Seafarers.” By such proclamation, the President has acknowledged the role of our seafarers in the economic development of the country and conferred to them the tile as the country’s “sailing amb...
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02Jun2011QUEZON CITY, June 2 (PIA )-- A bill that aims to provide credit assistance to overseas Filipino workers has passed on third and final reading at the House of Representatives. House Bill 4539 also known as the “Overseas Workers Credit Assistance Act of 2011” seeks to alleviate the financial plight of the overseas workers and their families during the first few months of the former's absence. Under the measure, OFWs with valid employment contract, processed thr...
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24Apr2011DAVAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) here has extended relief assistance to Overseas Filipino Workers repatriated from Libya. OWWA regional head Zenobia Caro said 54 out of the 56 OFWs who were sent home in the wake of escalating hostility in Libya, have availed of the government assistance. Caro said OWWA has been facilitating programs to assist the OFWs who went home with less or nothing to bring to their families. Aside from the relie...
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21Apr2011TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, April 21 (PIA) – The Philippine Information Agency is set to join the Provincial Consultations with OFW Family Circles which the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office 8 is conducting in preparation for the Regional Consultation on May 12 – 13, 2011 and the National Congress on June 7, 2011. OWWA 8 officer in charge Juliet Tan said the series of consultative activities are aimed at assessing the Agency’s inputs/outputs to co...
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20Apr2011DAVAO CITY, April 20 (PIA) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is calling on all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) repatriated from Japan due to the tsunami and the subsequent nuclear crisis to report to their respective OWWA offices for documentation and assistance. The March 11 earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan and the subsequent nuclear power crisis has displaced thousands of OFWs many of whom were repatriated back home, however many of them are not yet do...
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30Mar2011CEBU CITY, Mar 30 (PIA) -- As the country sympathized with the families of the three Filipinos who were executed before 12 noon today in China due to drug trafficking, the public is again reminded on the dangers of falling victims to illegal recruitment which includes the risk of becoming drug mules. Police Regional Office (PRO) - 7 chief gen. Ager Ontog said the fate of our fellow countrymen was unfortunate especially as one of the three victims was reportedly just a victim of illegal ...
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27Mar2011MANILA, Mar 27 (PIA) – Filipino workers are found in almost all countries in the world. They are second only to the Indians in terms of migration, with about 10 percent of the total population of 92 million, work and reside abroad. As more Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remain uncertain of their future with the series of unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on Foreign Relations called on the government to ensure that laws are i...
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26Mar2011CEBU CITY, March 25 (PIA) -- Displaced Cebuano overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) forced to return home due to the internal strife in Libya and the catastrophe in Japan can take advantage of the biggest mega jobs fair initiated by the Cebu City Government next month. “Over 2,000 job positions are available to jobseekers on April 14 which is the biggest jobs fair undertaken by the city government," according to Fidel Magno, the chief of the Department of Manpower and Placement Services ...
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25Mar2011DAVAO CITY, March 25 (PIA) – While three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) await their execution on March 30 for being used as drug mules in China, another three residents from the Davao Region are also locked in other jails abroad pending decision of their illegal drug trafficking case. Regional Director Emerson Rosales of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-11) bared that two OFWs from Davao del Sur are also in a China jail, while another one from Davao City is in another prison...
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25Mar2011CEBU, March 25 (PIA) – The announcement of China that the three Pinoy drug mules will finally be executed on March 30 drew comments and reactions from various sectors in Central Visayas. Some media in Cebu specifically Bobby Nalzaro, a prominent news anchor of GMA-7, commentator of DYSS and columnist of Sun Star-Cebu commented that the situation is so unfortunate and that though our hearts go out to them and to their families, as Filipinos, we cannot do anything about it because they have...
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21Mar2011TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Mar 21 (PIA) -- As the lead agency tasked to promote the welfare and well-being of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) provides member OFWs with services and benefits aside from clearly defining the employment contract offers of employers and the laws of the receiving countries. According to the information gathered from OWWA OIC-Regional Director Juliet Tan, for a membership contribution of US$25.00, an O...
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14Mar2011ILOILO CITY, Mar 14 (PIA)--Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and Filipinos travelers were told to think twice, thrice or to better ignore it when somebody approaches and requests them to carry his or her luggage or suitcase. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration 6 has warned OFWs and Filipino travelers to be more vigilant against smuggling of prohibited drugs through “padala” or request from individuals or groups to carry luggage for them as it may contain p...
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10Mar2011Legazpi City, March 10 (PIA)- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) regional office here reported today (Mar. 9) that 67 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) repatriated from troubled Libya received the P10,000 cash assistance each from the government. OWWA Bicol regional director Jocelyn Hapal said that the agency has disbursed a total of P670,000 pesos to the 67 OFWs who came to their office within this week. She said that the processing of the cash assistance to each...
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23Feb2011Cebu, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- Senator Chiz Escudero urges the government to work out a prisoner exchange arrangement with countries hosting Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) thru the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) by way of a bilateral treaty. Escudero, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, reiterated this call in the light of the case of Ramon Credo, Sally Villanueva and Elizabeth Batain – Filipinos condemned to die for drug trafficking in China. Their executio...
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25Jan2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA 9) – It’s all systems go for the celebration of the Chinese New Year here comes February 3. Activities for the celebration have been set and coordinated by the Chinese-Filipino parishioners of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary headed by the Filipino-Chinese Women’s Association. The activity preparation is also being done in partnership with the Filipino-Chinese Youth who are actively engaged and “hands-on” in the sele...
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21Jan2011MANILA, Jan. 21 (PIA) -- Filipino seafarers are sought all over the world for their competence and dedication at work. To make them even more competitive, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday announced that it will develop new courses for Filipino seafarers that will give them the necessary training and certification to operate any modern, technologically advanced ships as stated in the Manila Amendments of the STCW Code and Convention. Labor and Employment Secretary R...
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07Mar2010CEBU March 7 (PIA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo honored 97 public school teachers from Central Visayas to compose the first batch of Global Filipino Teachers (GFT). President Arroyo congratulated the graduates and thanked Globe for providing the backbone to connect to the world through its pillars—IT and education as the link to help the youth, to lift their lives and opportunities. Arroyo cited Globe's internet connectivity to some 1500 public high schools in the count...
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