The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Workers Office-3 has been offering free transportation, hotel stay, and RT-PCR swab testing to arriving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Central Luzon.
In an advisory released on Wednesday, Aug 17. by the OWWA RWO3, OFWs will be also
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The One-Stop-Shop (OSS) for Seafarers at the Port of Cagayan de Oro, the country's 12th crew change hub, will benefit more than 26,000 seafarers in Northern Mindanao, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) Maritime Sector announced Monday, June 6. The CDO OSS, which was activated last week, was
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has opened three more crew change hubs in the country in a move to improve the operational capability of local and international seafarers. With the opening of the crew change hubs in the ports of Zamboanga, Iloilo and in Puerto Princesa in Palawan, the Phili
(Photo courtesy of DOTr) MANILA - Pursuant to the order given by Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade to establish more crew change hubs across the country, three more centers became operational in the ports of Zamboanga, Iloilo and in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. The new crew change hubs were activated on March 14, March 21 and April 8, 2022, respectively. The DOTr Maritime Sector led the opening of the new crew change hubs, composed of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), the Office of Transportation Security (OTS), and the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), together with other concerned government agencies. With the additional crew change hubs, the Philippines now has nine active crew change hubs joining the Manila South Harbor, Port Capinpin in Orion, Bataan, Sasa Wharf in Davao, and Batangas, under the PPA. The other two crew change hubs are located in Subic and Cebu. The country introduced the crew change hubs to process the documents needed to facilitate the