AN ACT ABOLISHING THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION OR OWWA

AN ACT TO GOVERN THE OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION

AN ACT TO GOVERN THE OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION

AN ACT TO GOVERN THE OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION

AN ACT TO GOVERN THE OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION

AN ACT TO GOVERN THE OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION

AN ACT GOVERNING THE OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION

AN ACT ENHANCING PROTECTION FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN THE CUSTODY OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS/EMPLOYEES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT 8042

AN ACT TO GOVERN THE OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID LEGISLATION, ON THE ADEQUATENESS AND SUFFICIENCY OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION'S ASSISTANCE TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO AFFECTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE STATE OF THE EMERGENCY REPATRIATION FUND UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION, CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA), TO EVALUATE ITS UTILIZATION AND DISBURSEMENT, AND ASSESS ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDRESSING THE PROMPT NEEDS OF DISTRESSED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) WORLDWIDE

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA), THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE), THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) AND OTHER LABOR RELATED AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, TO EXERCISE THE DOCTRINE OF PARENS PATRIAE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE GUARDIAN OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE, IN PURSUING THE FILING OF CRIMINAL, CIVIL AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CHARGES AGAINST THE PRINCIPAL EMPLOYER, THE LOCAL PHILIPPINE AGENT AND SUCH OTHER PERSONALITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INHUMANE TREATMENT INFLICTED UPON OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER PAHIMA ALAGASI PALACASI WHO APPARENTLY SUFFERED SECOND DEGREE BURNS WHEN HER EMPLOYER'S MOTHER DOUSED BOILING WATER ON HER

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT COMMISSION ON AUDIT REPORT THAT THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION FAILED TO COLLECT SOME P137 MILLION IN TOTAL TICKET COSTS ADVANCED TO OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT A MULTI-AGENCY TASK FORCE MUST BE CREATED TO MONITOR THE STATUS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN ORDER TO PREVENT ABUSE BY EMPLOYERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED TO AUDIT THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) FUND

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROPER MONITORING IN THE DISBURSEMENT OF THE EMERGENCY REPATRIATION FUND UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) TO ENSURE PROMPT RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA), IN COORDINATION WITH THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) AND OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, IN ADDRESSING ANY AND ALL CONTINGENCIES THAT THREATEN THE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN TIMES OF CRISIS, WITH THE END-VIEW OF ENSURING THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THIRD PILLAR OF THE PHILIPPINE FOREIGN POLICY WHICH IS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND INTERESTS OF ALL FILIPINOS OVERSEAS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED NEED TO MONITOR THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION FUND AND USE THIS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY INTO THE UTILIZATION OF OWWA FUNDS PARTICULARLY THE US$25.00 PER CONTRACT CONTRIBUTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF REVIEWING, FORMULATING AND ADOPTING A POLICY ON FUND STEWARDSHIP BY OWWA THAT IS TRANSPARENT, JUDICIOUS, ACCESSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OFWS

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOMENT, AND OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION TO EXERCISE UTMOST TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE DISBURSEMENT/UTILIZATION OF THE P250-MILLION FILIPINO EXPATRIATE LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT FUND, TO SHIELD IT FROM MISUSE, ABUSE AND CORRUPTION AND ENGENDER PUBLIC TRUST, IN THE NAME OF THE ROUGHLY 9 MILLION OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION COMMISSION, HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO EXTEND EMERGENCY RELIEF ASSISTANCE AND CALAMITY LOANS TO MEMBERS, RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS TYPHOONS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SUSPENSION OF THE PRE-DEPARTURE LOAN PROGRAM OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN ITS TRANSACTIONS AND ENSURING DELIVERY OF ITS WELFARE SERVICES AND BENEFITS