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A salute to the OFW-Overseas Filipino Workers
They are called the country’s “modern-day heroes.” They are the estimated 8.4 million overseas Filipino workers and migrants in 194 countries and territories all over the world. Of the total, 3.2 million are permanently living abroad and 3.6 million are temporarily working overseas. Illegal migrant workers are estimated at 1.3 million. Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. [...]
Classroom Galing Sa Mangagawang Pilipino Abroad
Do you know that in the Philippines, there are public schools with 100 to 200 students in one classroom? And there are classes being held in makeshift classrooms and even under the trees, under scorching heat or sudden rain! This situation may not only discourage schooling among children but may have negative effect on quality [...]
Online Philippine Gift Deliveries Offer Range of Benefits
Study finds Filipinos warming up to Philippine gift delivery orders made online | Thomas de JesusThe Internet has truly become a Filipino haven for e-commerce and gift delivery Philippines. Thanks to better security from most Internet payment merchants, easy Filipino access to the Internet, including those at cafes, offices, and schools, and the Filipino penchant [...]
Useful Tip for OFWs – Spend Wisely to Build Wealth
We hear it all the time. Filipinos complaining that they are unable to save because their income is barely enough to provide for the needs of their families. In fact, many grumble that they are neck-deep in debt. We have also heard of stories about seemingly ‘rich’ people who have 6-digit monthly earnings, nice, big [...]
Balikbayan Plus Program
Duty Free Philippines’ Balikbayan Plus Program was signed into law on November 3, 1989 by virtue of Republic Act 6768 signed by former President Corazon C. Aquino. This was amended on November 7, 2003 by virtue of the New Balikbayan Law under Republic Act No. 9174 issued by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The term Balikbayan is [...]
OWWA and Microsoft Inaugurates Tulay Project for OFW
OWWA and Microsoft Inaugurates Tulay Project for the Benefit of Overseas Filipino WorkersPartnership to give OFWs access to technology and training Microsoft Philippines and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) recently inaugurated the facilities for “Tulay,” an initiative of and that provides IT training and access to technology that will enable OFW families to communicate [...]
Banks Expanding Special Product Offerings for OFWs
AT LEAST eight big commercial banks have so far heeded the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ call for the banking industry to develop and make available special loan, deposit and investment products for overseas Filipino workers. BSP Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said the banks now offering a wide array of financial products to OFWs were: Metropolitan [...]