The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) recently announced the 34 regional winners for the 2011 Model OFW Family of the Year Award (MOFYA).

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is now accepting nominations for outstanding overseas Filipino workers’ (OFWs) families, according to news site Ang OFW Ngayon.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday clarified that non-members of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) are not qualified to apply for business loan under the Aquino administration’s P2-billion reintegration program.

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration had shortlisted six people, including an outgoing OWWA board member, as candidates for new board members of the agency.

The Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA) is undertaking stop-gap measures to ensure considerable supply of sea-based overseas Filipino workers resulting from the maritime industry’s high demand for seafarers and enhancing competency for officer positions.

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration has bared the benefits and services to duly registered members to promote the welfare and well-being of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families. The wide range of benefits and services are subject to qualification requirements and availability of the agency’s funds.

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)is now pushing funding proposals for three sectors namely: Information technology, tourism and agri-business.

Members of the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) organizations based in different municipalities in Southern Leyte raised their issues and concerns that might be given attention by national government in its efforts to look further into the welfare of their group.

Some 2,000 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents in region 12 has availed of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA-12) Tulay Microsoft program since 2008 being conducted at the Community Technology Learning Center in this city.

After three years of continues operation, the Microsoft Tulay Program of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) 8 has been able to produce a total of 2,265 graduates.