TACLOBAN CITY – Tingog party-list Representatives Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre joined House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac in launching the DMW–OWWA OFW Global Centre in Hong Kong.
The center, aligned with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to bring services closer to overseas Filipinos, serves as a “home away from home” for OFWs and marks the start of the Bagong Bayani ng Mundo – OFW Serbisyo Caravan, which brings key agencies like SSS, Pag-IBIG, PhilHealth, DSWD, and PRC directly to migrant workers.
Rep. Acidre, chair of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs, called the facility a fulfillment of a long-held vision and credited Rep. Yedda Romualdez for inspiring the project.
He also cited the passage of the Bagong Balikbayan Act and ongoing efforts to address delayed balikbayan boxes, and announced that OFWs may soon earn online college degrees under the ETEEAP Act.
“This center is a tribute to the sacrifices of our modern-day heroes,” Acidre said. “It stands as proof that your country is always with you.”
(LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA)
