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 Posted in Announcements, OFW Community Volunteer	Apr
Philippine Embassy Advisory 24-2011
Phillippine Embassy Advisory 24-2011
To: All Filipino Community Organizations in Saudi Arabia/ Fellow OFWs This is to inform you-all that the Philippine Embassy has launched an ONLINE REGISTRATION for all Filipinos in Saudi Arabia, as per above Philippine Advisory 24-2011. We all knew that not all Filipinos in the Kingdom have access in the internet, in view of this, the OFW Congress-Riyadh is requesting all Filipino community organizations to register the names of your members. To those companies where there are large numbers of OFWs, one or two OFWs in the company can collect the names of their fellow OFWs and register it at once.
Hinihingi po namin ang “Bayanihan” ng lahat upang maging successful po ang proyekto na ito ng ating Embahada, POLO/OWWA. Isantabi muna po natin ang mga hindi pagkakaunawaan, kundi bagkus magtulongan para sa kapakanan at kagalingan ng ating hanay.
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 Posted in Announcements, OFW Community Volunteer, OFW Issues & Concerns	Jan
2011-2013 OFWC Execon
“OFW Congress-Riyadh is a forum of community leaders representing various Filipino organizations. It was primarily formed to advocate for national policy and program to address the issues and concerns of OFWs in general.”
The 2011-2013 (EXECON) Executive Council Member Organizations OFWC 21 Executive Council Members
OFWC Induction Rites (24th of February 2011 at Philippine Embassy-Riyadh) ***
OFW CONGRESS-RIYADH PAST OFFICERS, INCUMBENT MEMBERS AND ACTIVE MEMBERS WITH NATIONAL RECOGNITION: Eufemio B. Bantugan, Jr., CPA (Phil); MFP - 1998, PICPA National Awardee as Outstanding CPA in Overseas Community Service for his active role as Tax Adviser to the Filipino Community in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Carlito L. Astillero (MD) - “Most Outstanding Filipino in Saudi Arabia” award by the Philippine Embassy in 1990, the “Bagong Bayani Award” by President Corazon Aquino in 1992, the “San Lorenzo Ruiz Award as Outstanding OCW” by President Fidel V. Ramos in 1994, and the Special Presidential “Banaag and Sikat Award” also by President Fidel V. Ramos in 1996
Engr. Robert Ramos - 2009 Bagong Bayani (New Hero) awardees in various fields by the Philippine-based Bagong Bayani Foundation, Inc. (BBFI)
Alex Veloso Bello (Accountant) - The Most Outstanding OFW 2010 land-based category, Region 8; MOFYA Model OFW Family Award 2010 in Region 8 (Regional level ); MOFYA 2010 National Special Awardee for community service. read more about OFW Congress>>>>>>
 Posted in Announcements, OFW Community Volunteer	Jan
The United Filipinos Worldwide for Community Development-South Korea Chapter will celebrate its 4th Foundation Anniversary with a special event: UFWCD Search for Ms. Valentines 2011 to be held on February 13, 2011 at 6:30 p.m., Tapdong Catholic Center.
United Filipinos Worldwide for Community Development (UFWCD) is a group of Filipinos worldwide. UFWCD was organized on February 10, 2007 and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Manila, Philippines on March 19, 2007.
The mission and vision of this organization is to serve our less fortunate kababayan as well as addressing social and economic problems in the poorest communities back home. Since the day it was founded UFWCD is actively involved in humanitarian aid such as providing relief goods and medical assistance to affected areas during disaster and natural calamities in the country.
UFWCD OFFICIAL CANDIDATES FOR MS. VALENTINES 2011 (Photo by Pete Rahon)
Just recently, the group donated books and school supplies to less privileged schoolchildren in Luzon area. UFWCD is headed by Mrs. Fe Gimarino Kim based in South Korea. UFWCD-KSA (Riyadh and Jeddah) Chapter is also an accredited Filipino community partner of Philippine Embassy in Saudi Arabia.
Congratulations and Happy Founding Day! UFWCDinians! Share this:EmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...	By ofwempowerment
 Posted in Announcements, OFW Community Volunteer, Ofwempowerment	2	Jan
OFCI-Overseas Filipino Council International
 Posted in OFW Community Volunteer, Ofwempowerment, Overseas Filipinos, Videos	2	Dec
Region 8 OFWs formally organize themselves as an association
Tacloban City (December 17) — For the first time, the Overseas Filipino Workers in Eastern Visayas have organized themselves into an association, on December 17, 2010 at the OWWA Region 8 Conference Room.
OFW Alex Veloso Bello and Family during MOFYA Awarding Ceremony with H.E. Philippine President Noynoy Aquino and OFW Presidential Adviser on OFW Concerns, Vice President Jojo Binay andOWWA Administrator Carmelita Dimzon. Also in the photo, Globe Telecom chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala and DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz
Mr. Alex Bello, this year’s Model OFW Family Awardee for Region 8, land-based category, informed the Philippine Information Agency that during the OFW Family Day, upon the suggestion of Board Member Roque A. Tiu, the group decided to meet on December 17 to formally organize into an organization.
Mr. Bello said that the OFWs could be a strong force in implementing changes in the Region, in the policies on OFWs and in helping other OFWs who are in need, even OFWs who are now back from abroad.
With Mr. Bello is the interim President, vice presidents for every province were also chosen. They are Teresita Contado; Reynaldo Tuazon of Samar, Rogelio Labarrete for Northern Leyte, Araceli Sevilla for Western Leyte, and Pablito Cuizon for Biliran.
Rosario Macapugas is the Secretary while Delia Reyes isTreasurer. Batasheba Dy was chosen as the auditor and Victor Quimbo and Nida Robin are the Marshalls.
Mr. Bello who is also this year’s National Special Awardee for community service, said that the association is named as Pagkakaisa OFWs Families in Region 8.
The name expresses the desire of the OFWs to unite together to help Region 8 and to help other OFW families who are in need.
The little help from each member will have bigger impact when added together, Mr. Bello said.
With the 26 years of being an OFW leader in Saudi Arabia, here is wishing Mr. Bello and the other officers good luck in their endeavors. (PIA 8)
 Posted in Announcements, OFW Community Volunteer, OFW Reintegration, Ofwempowerment, Press Release	2	Oct
 Posted in Articles, OFW Community Volunteer, OFW Sports	Aug
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration is a Philippine government agency tasked with the care, protection and
assistance of Overseas Filipino Workers. Its policies have a tremendous impact on the lives of millions of Filipinos working overseas and the families they leave behind. With the new Aquino administration, there is a need for a review of the OWWA, its failures and successes, adherence to the regulations and implementation of needed reforms. Part of this reform is the creation of a new OWWA Board. This petition is to request President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, to consider the appointment of Francisco “Jun” Aguilar to the Board of the OWWA. Francisco “Jun” Aguilar had spent thirteen years in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as an Overseas Filipino Worker from 1985 to 1998. He worked at the King Abdulaziz Military Academy as a technical analyst and later moved to the National Industrialization Company. As an OFW, he was witness to the distressed situations of Filipino workers whom he assisted as best as he could. It was an experience that will influence his unwavering dedication to improve the lives of the Filipino workers.
Mr. Aguilar’s experiences as a former Overseas Filipino Worker, a recruitment agency owner and as a humanitarian worker provide him with the appropriate know-how and mindset that will guide him as a progressive Board member. He can articulate on the perspectives of the workers, recruiters as well as clients and, therefore, effectively assist with the policy making of OWWA. With a proven track record of leadership, commitment and dedication to public service, he is the voice of the Overseas Filipino Workers. Jun Aguilar w/ Rep. Roilo Golez during Congressional Consultative Hearing re: OFW Concerns
It is about time that a true bloodied OFW will be a given a hand to represent OFW Sector (land-based) in the OWWA Board, please sign the PETITION. To know more about Engr. Francisco “Jun” Aguilar click here >>>>>
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 Posted in Announcements, OFW Community Volunteer, OFW Issues & Concerns, Ofwempowerment, Overseas Filipinos, Press Release	10	Apr
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Migrante-Al Khobar had also get the consensus of the Filipino Community leaders to conduct a symposium on Migrants Rights and Welfare, and Human Rights activity on December 2009, Blood Letting Program and Fun Run for a cause, right after the donations drive for typhoon victims. - end -
 Posted in OFW Community Volunteer, Press Release	1	Sep
by ILDEFONSO F. BAGASAO
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AMONG my peers, there seems to be a common observation in the reporting of any kind of news that media generally shows bias for sensational stories that whet the reading public’s appetite for such accounts but which incidentally also sells newspapers, broadsheets and tabloids.
News reportage on Filipino migrants is no exception.
If that is not commitment, I don’t know what is. end
Editor’s note: The author is president of the nonprofit Economic Resource Center for Overseas Filipinos (Ercof), and plays the bass guitar and keyboards.
 Posted in Articles, Commentaries, OFW Advocacy, OFW Community Volunteer, OFW Issues & Concerns	3	Aug
Migrante at DFA
When Filipinos heard or watched about Migrante’s activities in Philippines and other countries kadalasan mag comment kaagad yan “Leftist naman ang mga iyan”. Pag sinabing “Leftist”, usually you are referring to those who oppose on how the administration governs the country and its people. So if you’re opposing or contradicting a certain policies of the Government then those Congressmen and Senators who opposed the administration of GMA is Leftist! According to them “NO” – sila daw ay mga leaders belong to the “Opposition”. Huh! Sige na nga.
In Web definition, the word Leftist particularly in politics means “left-wing, political left, leftist and the Left are terms applied to positions that focus on changing traditional social orders and creating a more egalitarian distribution of wealth and privilege”. Egalitarianism on the other hand is defined either as a “political doctrine that holds that all people should be treated as equals and have the same political, economic, social, and civil rights, or as a social philosophy advocating the removal of economic inequalities among people”. In the Overseas Filipino Community here in Saudi Arabia, Migrante is “an alliance of various OFW groups committed to protecting and upholding the rights and welfare of Filipinos in Saudi Arabia and their families in the home front” (source http://migrante-ksa.blogspot.com/). “Kung wala sila walang maingay, walang kakalampag sa mga kinauukulan upang mabigyan ng kasagutan ang mga hinaing ng ating mga kapwa OFWs“.
For me, I don’t consider Migrante a leftist group; I consider them an organization committed to help others in needs especially to those whose rights have been violated. Sen. Mar Roxas w/ Migrante (Click photo & read Sen. Mar Roxas "Stronger Protection for OFWs Urged)
Those fellow OFWs arrested by Saudi authorities were there in a right place and the right time. The meeting perhaps was called to update the status of their cases being handled or monitored by kind individuals belong to the group Kapatiran ng mga Mangagawang Pilipino sa Gitnang Silangan (KGS).
I knew some of them; they are the same OFWs who help us in the implementation of Philippine Embassy on-site mobile overseas absentee voting registration. They are the same ordinary OFWs who donate goods and food at Bahay Kalinga intended for our runaway maids. They are the same people I mingled inside the Philippine Embassy during Filcom events. They are the same people who help us for the orderly conduct of Absentee Voting in Philippine Embassy.
Now, they are the same group of OFWs that needs help from our Philippine Embassy/POLO/OWWA.
 Posted in Commentaries, OFW Community Volunteer, OFW Complaints, OFW Issues & Concerns	Aug
 Posted in Announcements, OFW Community Volunteer, OFW Issues & Concerns, OFW Life	3	Feb
 Posted in OFW Community Volunteer, Philippine Embassy Advisory	1	Nov
 Posted in OFW Community Volunteer	Sep
WHO: ALL INTERESTED FILIPINO WORKERS IN EASTERN PROVINCE
WHAT: FREE MEDICAL CHECK-UP ORGANIZED BY OFW CONGRESS-EP
MOHD. DOSSARY HOSPITAL
WHERE: MOHD. DOSSARY HOSPITAL, AL- KHOBAR
WHEN: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2008 FROM 7:00AM – 5:00PM
PETER MARFA, President ( 0502241594)
SANNY ACUZAR, Executive Vice President (0501044734)
MARY JANE TUPAS, Dir. General for Health (0507886413)
GEORGE PALENCIA, VP Welfare Affairs (0503373053)
DENNIS HIPOLITO, Dir. General for Education (0502947131)
LITO TOMAS, Dir. General for Information (050-812-4346)
FOR EARLY RESERVATIONS AND REGISTRATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
BONG DIONISIO, Dir. General for Finance (0508220981)
MARTIN VALENZUELA, VP Strategic Planning (0502422157)
NOTE : THIS FREE MEDICAL CHECKS-UP IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE REGISTRATION TO ACCOMMODATE 1,000 PERSONS. PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW.
Various OFWs organizations call for peace in Mindanao
Various OFWs organizations call for peace in Mindanao Engr. Eli Mua ( President-Union of Muslim Associations)
RIYADH – More than thirty community organizations including the United OFW and the Integrated Mindanao Economic Forum (IMEF) has organized a consultative gathering here recently dubbed “Mindanao: Island of peace loving people and the land of prosperity”. The forum which was aimed to call for peace and immediate ceasefire in Mindanao was attended by large community here. The leaders of the said organizations expressed their deep concerns on the current situation in the second largest island in the Philippines . The fighting between Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) irrupted immediately after the issuance of the temporary restraining order (TRO) by the Philippine Supreme Court that lead to the cancellation of the scheduled signing of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA – AD) last August 5, 2008 in Malaysia. The community leaders including officials of the various umbrellas organization here have strongly requested from their respective government to stop fighting in Mindanao for the sake of economy, peace and prosperity that Mindanao has witnessed during the peace talks. IMEF Internal-Affairs Vice President, Saleh Ampaso Bucay expressed in his speech the negative effect of the situation in Mindanao especially on the economic aspect. “We just started implementing huge educational projects including scholarship, research and human development in the area, funded by well-known Saudi Prince and very worried that this will be affected by the ongoing problem” Bucay said. The same concern has been raised by the National Chairman of the United OFW and President of the United Muslim Associations in Riyadh (UMA) Engineer Mohammad Elias Mua who asked for the immediate ceasefire of the ongoing fighting in the different Area in the Island . “This problem could be resolved economically” Mua said. He requested all peace loving among OFW’s here to address the issue seriously to the Philippine authority by all means of communications. “We were about to witness upcoming economic developments in Mindanao through Saudis and Gulf investments who are eying the Island for its rich resources and Halal product industry but we saddened by this unwanted happening” he added. Engr. Mua in a separate meeting of the United OFW Mua called his compatriot OFWs and all OFW organizations worldwide to petition the President of the Republic of the Philippines, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and all those concerned authorities to declare an immediate ceasefire to pave the way for deliveries of humanitarian aids; and immediate cessation of hostilities in respect to the sanctity of the Holy Month of Ramadan. He also asked for the immediate stop to the re-arming of civilian vigilantes on both sides to prevent escalation of hostilities; as well as the immediate disarming of the resurrected groups of Ilongo Land Grabbing Associations (ILAGA) whose killing spree before martial law spawned the emergence of the MNLF & MILF as counter forces. Finally he requests to urge both the opposition and the administration to agree on a common good for the final solution of the Mindanao problem. “We all know and seen those intolerable sufferings of our families Muslims, Christians and Lumads in Mindanao as a result of the recent fighting” Mua elaborated. He said thousands of OFW dependents and relatives are in distress, and thousands of our brother OFWs is heavily affected. He goes on saying that not only is that but our national economy going down the drain again with a billion daily expenses in military operation and humanitarian activities. “Let us all unite our voices; this is one painful national crisis affecting the OFWs where we can show our solidarity” he said Most of the participants expressed their worry about their family and properties in the effected areas and alarmed the gravity of revival of the settler-civilians vigilante group better known ILAGA which is allegedly arming themselves with the support of some powerful politicians and opposition in the Philippine senate. The participants addressed their worried about this act “This will be a direct resumption of the civil war between Muslims and Christians in the same area and foreign investments will likely suffer heavily” one of the speaker said. The gathering were attended by leading organizations Union of Muslim Associations (UMA) Federation of Maranao Associations in Saudi (FEMAS), Basak Consultative and Development Council (BCDC) and various community associations such as ALNAO, AMSUDA International, APO – Ranao, ASPIA, Big Water Royal, Diwan International, Ewaton International, Imarantaon International, Maging International, MAIDA, Makadarian, Malabang International, Malumbay International Masiu, Moriatao Diwan International, Pongamponga Balo-i Brotherhood Association (PBBA), Poonan International, Ranao – Alphans, Ranao Tennis Club (RTC), Saguiran International Shakba International, Tamparan Islamic Development Association (TAIDA), Tarakanians, Unayan International, Union of Ulama for Education and Information, West Unayan International Young Moro Professionals Network (YMPN).
Abdul Hannan Faisal Tago/Arab News
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