DOLE vows help to kin of displaced OFWs

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) gave assurances of support to the families of more than 11,000 Filipinos who lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia and whose repatriation were being worked out.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd on Wednesday said educational assistance, including scholarship in state universities, will be granted to the children of the displaced Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Their spouses and other dependents will also be given temporary employment under the government’s Cash for Work Program.