Senator Bongbong Marcos Jr. seeks agency focusing on OFW's.

Senator Bongbong Marcos Jr. on Wednesday stressed the need to create an agency that would solely tend to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their concerns. “Many have suggested, and I agree, that it’s time we have a Department of  OFW so we would have a Cabinet Secretary who is dedicated to the task of addressing issues of  OFWs,” Marcos said in a press statement. This is good news to all OFW's because we really need help and assistance from our government. They called us "modern day hero" but once we encounter problem in our work, in other country, it is really hard to find help. He said that although there are various government agencies that deal with specific OFW concerns, these are loosely coordinated. He added that some agencies often issue regulations that make life more difficult for OFWs. The senator noted the imposition of terminal fees that OFWs have to pay when they make an airline booking, and to think we are exempted from payment of such fees.

He said even if OFWs are entitled to a refund, many of them fail to get their money back either because they don’t know about it or because of the complicated refund procedure. “We need somebody—say the Secretary of the Department of OFW—to coordinate the delivery of services of all these agencies dealing with OFWs, study all the problems of our workers abroad, and find solutions to their problems,” Marcos said. And he is right about this. We need a government agency that will focus only for the welfare of all OFW's. He said a separate department for OFWs is necessary because overseas workers have their own unique concerns that pertain only to their sector.

However, Marcos said efforts to push for the creation of a department for OFWs will not prosper without Malacanang’s support. “We may be able to pass such a measure in Congress but if the President refuses to sign it, it won’t become a law,” he said. All OFWs deserve a better treatment from the government. He stressed that during the global economic crisis, the Philippines managed to weather the storm with the help of OFW remittances.
Bongbong seeks agency focusing on OFW's. we contribute a lot in our Phillipine government. We hope that this will soon to happen and the President will sign it.