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ASSISTANCE. Three of 31 overseas Filipino workers who were repatriated from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia show the PHP10,000 one-time financial assistance they received from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office 3 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga on Monday (Feb. 7, 2022). The benefit is given under the government's Financial Relief Assistance Program. (Photo courtesy of OWWA-Central Luzon) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office III (OWWA RWO 3) on Monday distributed financial assistance to 31 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were repatriated from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). OWWA RWO 3 Regional Director Falconi V. Millar said the 31 repatriated OFWs received PHP10,000 each under the government's Financial Relief Assistance Program (FRAP). "FRAP is a one-time financial assistance for OFWs who were repatriated from Saudi Arabia from January 2016 to December 2019 due to th
The Department of Trade and Industry Region 2 in partnership with Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office 02 (OWWA RWO2) and LandBank of the Philippines conducted a webinar entitled, “Enhanced Entrepreneurial Development Training” (EEDT) for 50 applicants of the Entrepreneurial Development Loan Program (EDLP) from Cagayan, via Zoom conference on 24 June 2021.
Officers of DTI R2-SME Development Division, namely: Mr. Michael Paggabao, OIC Division Chief, and Ms. Karen Balicha, NC Regional Account Officer, shared important concepts relative to business identification, ideas, and opportunities under the new normal.
Further, Writing Feasibility Study and Business Proposal Development were discussed by Mr. Paggabao to help the “Tulong PUSO” program beneficiaries of OWWA identify the most feasible business for them and to map out strategies in order to ensure that their business idea will be carried out successfully. Likewise, ‘Bookkeeping’ was explaine