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‘OWWA did not give telephone numbers of Filipinos on Saipan’
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Posted on Mar 28 2008
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Saipan did not provide the contact numbers of Filipinos on Saipan to two companies offering unlimited calls from the Philippines for a flat rate of $125 per year.
This according to the Philippine Consulate General on Saipan, which disowned what employees of Prime Management Solution or Prime Marketing are telling Filipinos on Saipan that their telephone numbers were given them by the OWWA office on Saipan.
“The Philippine Consulate General is discrediting what employees from Prime Management Solution or Prime Marketing, reportedly based in Manila, have said that OWWA-Saipan was responsible for giving out to them telephone numbers of Filipinos living on Saipan,” it said in a statement in Tagalog.
According to employees of the two companies, interested Filipinos wanting to avail of the service only need to deposit the $125 to the back account of Prime Management Solution or Prime Marketing for their unlimited calls to be activated.
Overseas Filipino workers with legal work status on CNMI, meanwhile, are reminded to renew their OWWA membership contribution amounting to $25 per year. Those who failed to renew for several years shall not be required to pay the accumulated contributions for those past years.
An OWWA member is entitled to the following benefits and services:
1. Life insurance coverage (inclusive of burial benefit):
– Natural death P 120,000
– Accidental death P 220,000
2. Disability and dismemberment benefits
3. Total disability benefit
4. Education and training benefits
5. Social services and family welfare assistance
6. Workers assistance and on-site services
For those interested, OWWA-Saipan hotlines are 235-3411/235-6992, while its email is polo@pticom.com or owwa_saipan@yahoo.com.
