Entries from January 2009

January 19, 2009

HOUSE PROBE ON OFW ‘GLOBAL CRISIS FUND’ URGED

Gabriela Women’s Party on Monday urged the House of Representatives to investigate where the P250 million OWWA fund set aside last year for OFWs affected by the global financial crisis went.
“The Arroyo government’s so-called ‘assistance program’ for Filipino workers displaced by the global financial meltdown could be a ruse to divert millions of OFW money [...]