AID FOR OFWs. Displaced migrant workers from Negros Occidental province receive financial assistance of PHP5,000 each from the provincial government in Bacolod City on Monday afternoon (Feb. 13, 2023). The 81 beneficiaries were those who have not completed their employment contracts abroad and returned to the province from January to June 2022.(Photo courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental provincial government has released financial assistance of PHP5,000 each to 81 distressed and displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from various local government units in the province. The beneficiaries, which received the aid at the provincial capitol here on Monday afternoon, included those who have not completed their employment contracts and have returned to the province from January to June 2022. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said the distribution of assistance to the OFWs is proof of the province's commitment to ease the difficulties of Negrense migrant w