Migrant Workers Office to visit Saipan, Tinian, and Rota

After the three-day mobile outreach mission of the Philippine Consulate General in Agana, Guam last weekend, it’s the Migrant Workers Office-Washington, D.C.’s turn to hold an Overseas Filipino Information and Service Caravan in the CNMI from Sept. 19 to 24.

The MWO’s first stop will be Tinian from Sept. 19 to 20. On Day 1 from 5pm to 7pm, MWO will hold an orientation of OWWA Programs with the venue still to be announced.

Day 2 will be from 9am to 3:30pm at the Bar-K-Diner and Drive-in, Broadway corner Canal St., Tinian. It will consist of an information and service caravan, MWO Employment Contract Verification, and OWWA Membership enrolment and renewal.

The MWO will then be on Saipan from Sept. 21 to 22, 9am-5pm, at the Joeten & Daidai Social Hall, Mount Carmel Cathedral in Chalan Kanoa.

It will start with an information and service caravan, followed by Employment Contract Verifications and OWWA Membership enrolment and renewal that will also include the virtual consultation activity regarding Pag-Ibig Fund, Social Security System, PhilHealth, and Overseas Filipino Bank.

On Day 1 of the Saipan caravan, the MWO will also hold a town hall meeting with the Filipino community regarding MWO and OWWA programs from 5pm to 7pm.

The MWO-DC service caravan will conclude its CNMI trip on Rota on Sept. 24 from 9am to 2pm at Puesto Grill, in Songsong Village. It will provide the same suite of services to Filipino overseas workers on the southernmost chain of the CNMI.

For the list of requirements for MWO contract verification and OWWA membership enrollment/renewal, check this link https://tinyurl.com/Requirements-CNMI.

For those who will be availing of the abovementioned services, answer this survey https://tinyurl.com/CNMI-Survey.

The Philippine Consulate General in Agana, Guam consul Ricardo Aragon, meanwhile, explained during an interview during the mobile outreach mission the difference between the PCG and MWO.

He said the PCG in Guam provides consular services such as Philippine passport processing and distribution, civil registration, dual citizenship, and national assistance. PCG is not only doing the service in the CNMI, but includes the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.

The MWO, on the other hand, is under the jurisdiction of the Philippine government’s Department of Labor. The MWO also functions under the Philippine Department of Migrant Workers in Washington, D.C., which is attached to the Philippine embassy while the MWO for Guam’s jurisdiction is in Los Angeles.

The MWO is the overseas operating arm of the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers and is tasked to protect the rights and promote the welfare of overseas Filipino workers.