http://www.ofw-care.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:55:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ICC Cotabato City (12 November) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OWWA-ARMM), awarded Engr. Sambas I. Hassan, engineer from the province of Tawi-Tawi as this year's regional winner in the search for Model OFW Family of the Year (MOFYA). Mr. Hassan, worked as a ... http://www.ofw-care.com/2008/11/14/owwa-xi-teaches-values-to-ofw-families/ ICC Cotabato City (12 November) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OWWA-ARMM), awarded Engr. Sambas I. Hassan, engineer from the province of Tawi-Tawi as this year's regional winner in the search for Model OFW Family of the Year (MOFYA). Mr. Hassan, worked as a ... http://www.ofw-care.com/2008/11/14/tawi-tawi-resident-bags-2008-armm-model-ofw-family-of-the-year-award/ PHILAMLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY PRESS RELEASE  AIG to refocus on Worldwide Property and Casualty; Philamlife assures policyowners and partners MAKATI CITY, October 4, 2008 –  AIG announced today it will refocus the company on its core property and casualty insurance business to repay its loan from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. AIG ... http://www.ofw-care.com/2008/10/07/to-all-philamlife-ofw-policyholders-press-release/ Vice President Noli de Castro declared yesterday the territorial waters of Somalia as high-risk area for Filipino seafarers due to the successive kidnaping incidents in the area. De Castro, presidential adviser on overseas Filipino workers, said Filipino seamen aboard shipping vessels that will cruise near Somali waters and the Gulf of ... http://www.ofw-care.com/2008/09/25/noli-declares-somalia-waters-high-risk-area/ MANILA, Philippines—Friendster and Facebook are not only for the young looking for new friends. Filipino workers abroad now have the chance to learn how to use these popular social networking tools to communicate with their friends and loved ones back home, according to Blas F. Ople Policy Center president Susan Ople. Ople ... http://www.ofw-care.com/2008/09/25/ofws-to-be-taught-how-to-use-friendster-facebook/ The fate of Wall Street luminaries became a personal concern to Filipino investors this week. News about bankrupt Lehman Brothers triggered locales to ask how safe is their money invested in the insurance policies and in local banks and if their pension is still intact. Predictably, the government economic managers, the ... http://www.ofw-care.com/2008/09/19/us-financial-woes-become-personal-to-filipinos/ MANILA, Philippines – Microsoft said it is donating more than $600,000 worth of cash and software to a computer learning program for overseas Filipino workers. This is part of the program, dubbed Tulay, which is Microsoft' global Unlimited Potential initiative that involves technology-oriented programs aimed at developing countries. The grant, valued at ... http://www.ofw-care.com/2008/09/19/microsoft-donates-600000-for-ofw-training/ The Embassy of the Philippines in Riyadh had issued several advisory on various form of scams: internet, telephone and text. Nevertheless, these swindling operations continue to flourish and extort money from potential victims, particularly the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families. In the past, the usual victim is an ... http://www.ofw-care.com/2008/09/07/advisory-on-new-modus-operandi-re-telephone-scam/ Filipino overseas workers and their families have been warned against falling into the trap of con artists who are alleged members of the "Budol-budol gang." ABS-CBN's "Balitang Middle East" reported that a woman from Aparri in Cagayan province was the gang's most recent victim. The woman is the wife of an ... http://www.ofw-care.com/2008/09/07/con-artist-dupes-ofws-wife-of-p19000/ Roxas City (2 September) -- The government opens this year's search for model overseas Filipino workers (OFW) families. The Model OFW Family of the Year Award (MOFYA) is spearheaded by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). The 2008 MOFYA theme is "Parangal sa Matatag na Pamilyang OFW" which emphasizes the importance of ... http://www.ofw-care.com/2008/09/02/search-for-model-ofw-families-on/