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Top DMW officials to lead grand opening of OFW Global Centre

04 June 2025

 

Ignacio led the 'soft opening' of the Global Centre last April 

Top officials from the Department of Migrant Workers, possibly including Secretary Hans Cacdac and Administrator Patricia Yvonne Caunan of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, are expected to grace the ‘grand opening’ of the OFW Global Centre in Admiralty on Sunday, Jun 8.

The long-delayed inauguration of the Center which opened in November last year, coincides with a week-long celebration of the 30th anniversary of Migrant Workers Day in the Philippines.

Secretary Cacdac has just been retained in his post by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr who called for the courtesy resignation of all his Cabinet members last May 21.

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He was originally set to meet with community leaders today, Jun 4, but the event was moved amid fast-changing events in the Philippines

Caunan, on the other hand, was sworn into office by Cacdac immediately after President Marcos tapped her to become the new  OWWA chief on the same day that her predecessor, Arnell Ignacio was sacked over an allegedly anomalous Php1.4 billion land purchase.

The DMW-OWWA OFW Global Centre is the first to be set up outside the Philippines, and was the brainchild of Ignacio. He signed the deal a year ago to this date, to lease an entire floor of the grade A United Centre building at HK$8 million a year, and convert it into a leisure and training center for OFWs.

There's free coffee at this corner of the OFW Global Centre run by OFW volunteers

Since then it has hosted a number of trainings and self-improvement sessions, financial literacy seminars, post arrival orientation for newly arrived OFWs, even the last overseas voting for national elections.

After the formal opening of the Centre in Admiralty on Sunday morning, the DMW officials and their guests, plus OFW leaders, will gather on Chater Road in Central to take part in the “Serbisyo Caravan Handog sa Araw ng Migranteng Manggagawa,” a whole-day cultural event to pay tribute to OFWs.

It is the second Sunday in a row that a Chater event will be held to celebrate Philippine Independence Day and Migrant Workers Day.

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Last Sunday, Jun 1, the Kapangyawan Festival was held, where various Filcom groups took part in a celebration of native dances, colors and culture.

A third Sunday event for Filipinos will be held on Jun15 on Chater Road to celebrate the 127TH Philippine Independence Day. A big number of entertainers from the Philippines will be flown in by PLDT and Philippine Airlines to liven up the occasion.

 

 

 

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