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OFW center to
open at Duty Free

Returning Filipino workers may soon have their exit clearances processed while shopping at Duty Free Philippines in Paranaque City, a government press release said.

In a report to Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration chief Hans Leo Cacdac said the POEA is setting up a satellite unit of its Labor Assistance Center at the Duty Free Philippines Corporation’s Balikbayan Plus OFW Center.

This is  for the convenience of returning workers who may wish to have their overseas employment certificates processed while at the Duty Free Shop, the press release said.

The Balikbayan Plus OFW Center is a business area that hosts government agencies and private companies for the documentation of overseas Filipino workers and regular travelers.

The center also provides relevant and useful information services to OFWs, the press release said.

"The Labor Assistance Center unit at the Duty Free Philippines is having a test run until the end of March 2012. It will start regular operations soon after," Cacdac said, adding that the POEA and Duty Free Philippines will sign a memorandum of understanding to  establish  the LAC unit at the shop.

The center will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. during weekdays, excluding holidays, the press release said. 

Baldoz commended the POEA for reactivating the establishment of the LAC unit at the Duty Free Philippines, which she first started when she the POEA Administrator.

The extension unit will help many OFWs, especially while on vacation in the Philippines, the press release added.*

 

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