Juanita was working in Hongkong barely three months prior to the accident. The family of Juanita will receive as beneficiaries the death benefit amounting to P200,000 and the P20,000 burial benefit from OWWA.
Absent sina Tatay
Hindi na bago ang mga ganitong usapin subalit ang mas malalim na pag-unawa sa sitwasyong ito ang siyang magiging susi para maunawaan naman ang mga perspektibo ng mga kabataang silang unang nakakaramdam ng ‘pagkawala’ ng magulang.
Kabuhayan showcase para sa mga OFW
Ayon sa Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, halos 10% ng GDP ng Pilipinas nung 2010 ay nagmumula sa OFW remittances na umabot ng $18.76 billion. Ayon sa President’s Budget Message for 2010, “contagion effects of global recession can affect OFW remittances and export receipts that can slow down domestic consumption which, combined with lower investment flows, can reduce GDP growth.”
The First National Congress of OFWs and Families, a Success!
PRESS RELEASE, Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration, June 9, 2011
Exhibitors showcase their products on the 1st National Congress of OFWs and Families
PRESS RELEASE from the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration, June 3, 2011
First National Congress of OFWs and Families
Press release from OWWA, May 30, 2011