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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has cried foul over the alleged failure of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to coordinate with the province about the mercy voyage carrying over 200 repatriated seafarers that…
CEBU CITY—A family from Oslob, Cebu and another from Maribojoc, Bohol won the Model OFW Family of the Year Award for two different categories. The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Central Visayas held the awarding ceremony…
Elections Commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Thursday said she will propose that nominees of losing party-list groups, like other political candidates, be banned from being appointed to public office for one year after elections. “I am appearing in…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will already accept postal identification cards issued by the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) as a proof of identify in passport applications. Rachel Betos, Philpost Central Visayas (Philpost-7)…
Facebook in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), and civil society partners launched ‘Digital Tayo,’ a nationwide digital literacy program that aims to develop…
A help desk for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) will soon open in the Capitol Compound. This after the Cebu Provincial Government and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to set up…
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Monday offered a package of services from the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) WELL program to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) repatriated under the Saudi amnesty program. WELL stands for…
A death of a father triggers profound grief, but this did not stop a son from pursuing his dream to represent the country in an international robotics competition. It has been three years since a family bonding…
AS part of the scholars’ learning support mechanism, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Central Visayas (OWWA-7) conducted a half-day “Personality Assessment: A Scholar’s Guide for OWWA Scholars” in Cebu last October 16 at the OWWA-7 seminar…
AN OWWA scholar successfully passed the recent Mechanical Engineering licensure examination given last Sept. 29-30. Adam Ruta Cabarrubias took the exam after graduating from the University of Cebu last March. “Adam is one of our competent scholars…
THE Ombudsman-Visayas ordered the nine-month suspension of the regional director of the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Association (OWWA) without pay for using government employees and vehicle for her own benefit. The anti-graft office said it found sufficient evidence…
We hope that President Benigno Aquino III’s order to the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to stop the random inspection of balikbayan boxes would ensure that every overseas worker will be able to send gifts to his or…
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