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  2. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (abbreviated as OWWA, Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Kagalingan ng Manggagawa sa Ibayong-dagat [2]) is an attached agency of the Department of Migrant Workers of the Philippines.

  3. OFW Hospital - Wikipedia

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    The OFW Hospital has a bed capacity of 102. [8] It is intended mainly to serve Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents. [3] [4]In 2024, President Marcos Jr., as tribute to Department of Migrant Workers's Secretary Ople, led the groundbreaking of the Hospital's Bagong Pilipinas Cancer Care Center, which is the country's third such facility.

  4. Philippine Overseas Employment Administration - Wikipedia

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    5. Monitors overseas job advertisements on print, broadcast and television 6. Supervises the government's program on anti-illegal recruitment 7. Imposes disciplinary actions on erring employers and workers and seafarers Employment Facilitation; 1. Accredits/registers foreign principals and employers hiring Filipino workers 2.

  5. Department of Migrant Workers - Wikipedia

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    President Duterte signing Republic Act No. 11641 or the Act Creating the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on December 30, 2021. On July 12, 2019, during the Araw ng Pasasalamat for OFWs (Thanksgiving day for the Overseas Filipino Workers), President Duterte in a speech promised to finish the framework for the creation of a department that caters to the need of OFWs.

  6. Philippine labor migration policy - Wikipedia

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    The country's GNP grew because of high rates of OFW remittances and the government believed that the money remitted was used to help start-up small businesses, boost consumer spending and enable small-scale construction. [12] In 2014, remittances from OFWs constituted ten percent of the Philippines’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP). [42]

  7. Overseas Employment Certificate - Wikipedia

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    The Overseas Employment Certificate is a mandatory document for all OFWS, both new hires and returning OFWs, also known as Balik Manggagawa (BM). [4] It has been a requirement since the 1980s. [5] In the Philippine, it can be obtained through the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration and other authorized processing centers. BMs can also ...

  8. Overseas Filipinos - Wikipedia

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    The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) tend to be young and gender-balanced. Based on a survey conducted in 2011, the demographics indicate how the 24-29 age group constitutes 24 percent of the total and is followed by the 30-34 age group (23 percent) working abroad. [23] Male OFWs account for 52 percent of the total OFW population.

  9. Philippine House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs

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    As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the policies and programs which promote and protect the rights and welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) including their families. [1]