The country's first National Reintegration Center for Overseas Filipino Workers will be inaugurated by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today in Intramuros, Manila, Malacañang said in a press release.

Arroyo will lead the ribbon-cutting and unveiling ceremonies at the entrance of the National Reintegration Center at the ground floor of the Blas F. Ople Development Center in Intramuros. She will be assisted by Labor Secretary Arturo Brion, Overseas Workers Welfare Administrator Marianito Roque, Philippine Overseas Employment Administrator Rosalinda Baldoz, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Director General Augusto Syjuco Jr., Manila Mayor Jose Lito Atienza Jr., and International Organization for Migration Director General Brunsen McKinley.

Brion said the reintegration center is a "one-stop center" of the Department of Labor and Employment that will provide reintegration services for OFWs and their families.

He said the inauguration of the new facility will affirm the distinction of the Philippines as the world's number one source of productive overseas workers, the press release said. The National Reintegration Center is so far the biggest project the DOLE has undertaken for the OFWs, and the agency intends to ensure that the Philippines will maintain its top-notch efforts in all aspects of migration, particularly in the protection of OFWs and in linking migration to national development.*

back to top