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IHURSDAY March 12,2020

f"loq:" passes bill creating OFW dept

THE House of Representatives has mllate, plan, coordinate, promotq
seas Emplq.,rnent Administration, ,,one_stop shop,,, the deplol.rnent
approved on third and final reading administeq' implement poil.i.,
uni of,
and the social welfue Attachds ofoveneas Filipino worken (oFWs)
a measurc that seels to createthe undertake qntematic national devel- fice underthe Dep*..",
without addressing the enormous
Depaftment of Filipinos overseas opment programs for
managing and welfare and "rs"Ja
Development and
and Forei8n Employment monltoring-the-overs.r, oiror"igr the
secrion 19 of the bill places
escalating
migntion.,,
social coss of labor
The chamber approved House emplol'rneint of Filipi.ro
Bill 5832 or 'An Ad crcating the
rort
"rrT ad.nt-
oveneas workers wettur" He added that the establilhment
Ii *ill ana pe.form ttre tration under the new
a"prn;"rit
Departrnent of Filipinos overseas powers-ard ^r."." of the department directly contra- ,
oithe Depart- superlision, but the former will venes the long,standing
functio-ns
and Foreign Employrnent, Defining ment ofForeign national
Afiair's om." o?th" continue to function according to policy,
as mandated in Republic
Appropriadngtundsrhereror,"wrrJr -"'iitrr"f irig*l, ""nlili'iio,
its Mandate Powers and Functions, Undenecretai,forMigantWoitJ
ctrarte. its
oirurct Rep. Edcer A:::::j[;iliil'li,Y:'$;;:i
173 amrmadve votes, 11 negative "rrn, philippine
Ovcrseas, oo.o"rJ^bo, Lagman voted against the passing "which
abstention.
votes and no offices under ihe Depaftment of of-the measure.
provides that the State do€s
not promote oveneas emplol,rnent
The proposed depanment will Lah6l nt4
"Prctectthe riShts and promote the Intemadonallt"qrw-gg
1oJEj, He said the bill "will uselessly as a means to susrain economic
taboi affairs gur"olu u"ir"*',r-'. i**r;;;; il;l growth
welfareofFilipinosOverseas;tofor under rhe DoLE n lipptr" and achieve national dever-
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