MWO-WDC, Virginia Beach City explore options on hiring more OFWs

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Posted on March 29, 2023

18 March 2023 – The Migrant Workers Office in Washington DC (MWO-WDC) and the City of Virginia Beach Development Authority (VBDA) recently held exploratory talks on the recruitment of Filipino workers to fill various positions needed by different industries and establishments in the city.

Labor Attaché Saul De Vries assured VBDA’s Business Development Coordinator Ishane Mouak of MWO’s assistance in facilitating the deployment of skilled workers from the Philippines through the established procedures of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). “We will identify and recommend possible areas of cooperation between the city and the DMW on the deployment of workers,” said De Vries.

Assistant Labor Attaché Marie Josephine Borromeo, and Welfare Officer Mae Codilla and Mr. Jo Mari Rifareal joined the meeting.

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[LOOK] Ambassador Romualdez (center) welcomed a familiar face at the Philippine Embassy’s MWO Washington, D.C. Migrant Workers Office (MWO) as Mr. Saul de Vries (2nd from right) once again leads the MWO. Saul was once the Welfare Officer then Labor Attache in Washington DC from 2011 to 2014 and 2016 to 2018 respectively, and was the OIC-Director of the International Migrant Workers Policy and Cooperation Bureau at the Philippine Department of Migrant Workers prior to his return to Washington DC. Welfare Officer Mae Codilla (leftmost), Assistant Labor Attache Josephine Borromeo (2nd from left), and Deputy Chief of Mission Jaime Ramon T. Ascalon, Jr. (rightmost) also joined the courtesy call.