Caravan invites Filipinos to avail government services

The UAE, host to the second largest overseas Filipino contract workers worldwide - nearly one million - is the second leg of a comprehensive service caravan began in Saudi Arabia last week.

- Mariecar Jara-Puyod, Senior Reporter

"The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Serbisyo Caravan," according to Philippine Labour Attache in Dubai and the Northern Emirates John Rio Bautista, welcomes all Filipinos from all over the UAE, who wish to avail of basic and special government services.

However, unlike the caravan in Saudi Arabia that commenced in the capital of Riyadh and extended to Jeddah and Alkhobar, the UAE edition shall only take place in Dubai.

On July 28 to 30 (Monday to Wednesday) and at the Migrant Workers Office (MWO) in Al Qusais - formerly the Philippine Overseas Labour Office-Dubai - will be the first-time enrollment as well as the reactivation or renewal of memberships at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhillHealth), the government-owned and controlled corporation set up in 1995 to manage the universal health coverage, officially known as the National Health Insurance Programme for all Filipinos. Applicants are advised to preregister through the QR code available over the MWO-Dubai website.