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Overseas Workers Welfare Authority information officer Rey Jacalan said in the absence of an OWWA office and the Department of Labor and Employment office, relatives of OFWs can raise their concerns to their respective municipal and city PES officers.


PES officers, Jacalan said are designated to receive such complaints after undergoing a workshop on OFW welfare handling.


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Rey Jacalan, OWWA's regional information officer, said no relatives from the workers from Cebu had approached their office for assistance.


The workers, who are part of the staff of King Fahad Central Hospital in Jizan, Saudi Arabia, were reportedly not allowed to go home and were not given salaries since January this year.


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                    [Title] => 300 OFWs & families get free PC training
                    [Summary] => More than 300 overseas foreign workers and their dependents have availed of the free training program on information technology offered by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-7 and Microsoft.


Rey Jacalan, OWWA-7 information officer, showed a table showing the profile of 310 IT graduates from June 22 to December 8 last year.


Of the 310, 193 are OFWs while 117 are family members of OFWs.


Most of those who availed are sea-based or ship crew and their families numbering to 230 while only 80 are land-based.


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                    [Summary] => The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration temporarily halted the granting of livelihood loan to overseas Filipino workers pending further evaluation.


Rey Jacalan, OWWA regional information officer, said the loan has been temporarily stopped because they are still evaluating the conduits.


Jacalan said their office had received a lot of inquiries from interested applicants for the loan offered by the OWWA and the National Livelihood Support Fund.


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PES officers, Jacalan said are designated to receive such complaints after undergoing a workshop on OFW welfare handling.


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Rey Jacalan, OWWA's regional information officer, said no relatives from the workers from Cebu had approached their office for assistance.


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Public employment officers can entertain OFW concerns

April 1, 2006 - 12:00am

Municipal and city Public Employment Services officers can entertain concerns of relatives of Overseas Filipino Workers. Overseas Workers Welfare Authority information officer Rey Jacalan said in the absence of...

Cebu News

OWWA awaits kin of Cebuano workers maltreated in Saudi

March 29, 2006 - 12:00am

The regional office of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration is waiting for the families of Cebuanos who are among the more than 30 medical workers reportedly maltreated at a hospital in Saudi Arabia. Rey...

Cebu News

300 OFWs & families get free PC training

January 23, 2006 - 12:00am

More than 300 overseas foreign workers and their dependents have availed of the free training program on information technology offered by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-7 and Microsoft. Rey Jacalan,...

Cebu News

OWWA temporarily stops loans for OFWs

January 22, 2006 - 12:00am

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration temporarily halted the granting of livelihood loan to overseas Filipino workers pending further evaluation. Rey Jacalan, OWWA regional information officer, said the loan...

Cebu News