OFW
command
center up
T
o further enhance the protection and welfare
of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the
Department of Labor and Employment
established the OFW Command Center to
serve as the central referral and action hub
for all OFW requests for immediate action
and assistance.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III issued Administrative
Order No.73 constituting the 24/7 OFW Command Center
for all walk-in, email, text and telephone requests for
assistance. The center will also attend to the requests of
OFWs through news reports and referrals.
The Center will also be accessible through the
social media and online messaging platforms and
shall promptly and accordingly respond to the OFWs’
employment concerns, welfare cases, repatriation and
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Bello III
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other related concerns.
“The operation of the Command Center will help
ensure that all the concerns of our OFWs are attended
to, especially if the incident involving them needed
immediate action and assistance,” Bello said.
The implementing guidelines for the effective
operation of the Command Center will be jointly
formulated by the Philippine Overseas Employment
Administration (POEA), Overseas Workers Welfare
Administration (OWWA), and International Labor Affairs
Bureau (ILAB) within 30 days upon signing of the
administrative order.
The command center is under the direct supervision
of the Head of International Labor Affairs Bureau and is
temporarily housed at the ILAB Office, 2nd Floor, DOLE
Building, Intramuros, Manila. dole.gov.ph
“The operation of the Command Center will help ensure that all the concerns of our
OFWs are attended to, especially if the incident involving them needed immediate
action and assistance,” Bello said.
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