Handog kay P-Noy's jobs expo starts tomorrow

MANILA, Philippines - The Pamilyang Overseas Workers-Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Network Foundation Inc. (Pamilyang OFWs) announced yesterday that the Handog kay P-Noy Jobs and Livelihood Expo 2010 (Part 1) and the 7th Filipino Seafarers Family Expo & Forum will start tomorrow at the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC), Sen. Gil Puyat Ave. corner Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. The PTTC is beside the World Trade Center.

The must-see event for the OFWs (land-based and sea-based) and micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) as well as their families is supported by President Aquino, Vice President Jejomar Binay, House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., Administrator Jennifer Jardin-Manalili of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, and other government officials and non-government organization leaders.

Pamilyang OFWs president George Arban Arriola said the two-day event will feature an overseas and local jobs fair; free seminars on livelihood, investment and business opportunities; medical mission by the Philippine Red Cross-Quezon City chapter (with free basic medicines to by provided by The Generics Pharmacy); Abot-Kayang Pabahay at Negosyo; and daily raffle. The expo is open from 10 a.m. up to 6 p.m.

The theme of the two expositions is “Uniting and Empowering the OFW and MSME Families through Information, Opportunities and Benefits.”

To ensure the transformation of a majority of the OFW families into community entrepreneurs, Pamilyang OFWs (with website address: http://pamilyangofw.com and tel. no. 438-4814) has been conducting quarterly exposition every year since 2002. The back-to-back expo is the third of Pamil-yang OFWs’ quarterly exposition this year.

The nine million OFWs, which include the seafarers or sea-based workers, are not just “modern-day heroes” but also “great investors” whose remittances help keep the Philippine economy and corporate earnings afloat. Earlier, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported that the survey it conducted showed that the beneficiaries of the OFWs are turning to savings and investments as the country posted an economic rebound in the first quarter of this year.