Consulate General of the Philippines in New York
News Release, 07 September 2004

PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN AMMAN HOSTS PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS LABOR OFFICE OUTREACH PROGRAM

In line with the third pillar of Philippine foreign policy, which is assistance to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), the Philippine Embassy in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan hosted on 3 September 2004 the second series of outreach programs by the Tel Aviv based Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) to promote various government welfare facilities available to OFWs.

Around 200 OFWs visited the Philippine Embassy in Amman to attend the briefing made by Welfare Officer Albert Q. Valenciano and to register for voluntary membership with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

During the briefing, according to Philippine Ambassador to Jordan Ruperto M. Dizon, the OFWs voiced out their clamor for the establishment of a POLO in Amman to facilitate the processing of employment contracts and their participation in the various Philippine government support programs for OFWs. Jordan is currently under the jurisdiction of POLO Tel Aviv pending the opening of a POLO in Amman.

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