July 5, 2008

LIFT SUSPENSION ON, AND PROBE ON BANKRUPTCY OF, OWWA PRE-DEPARTURE LOAN PROGRAM – GABRIELA SOLONS

Gabriela Women’s Party representatives call on the restoration of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration’s pre-departure loan program and urge the Commission on Audit to investigate on the government-owned and controlled corporation’s declaration of its bankruptcy.
“The suspension on OWWA’s pre-departure loan program should be lifted. Many of our poor overseas Filipino workers rely on [...]