SOURCE: Press and Public Affairs Bureau
18 September 2019 07:10:38 PM
Officials from the Labor and Employment, Foreign Affairs and Budget Departments, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Wednesday expressed their full support for the creation of the Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFW) as being pushed by Speaker Alan Peter "Compañero" Cayetano, Deputy Speaker Paolo Duterte and Rep. Maria Laarni Cayetano, authors of House Bill No. 2. Their expression of support was manifested during Day 2 of the joint meeting of the House Committees on Government Reorganization and Overseas Workers Affairs.