President Benigno Aquino III will go to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Monday to welcome returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
The move would symbolize the government's high regard for OFWs, whose remittances sustain the economy, radio dzBB reported Sunday. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration chief Carmelita Dimzon will be with the President.
With luck, three OFWs will get cash and non-cash prizes in a raffle, according to dzBB.
His administration will make working abroad an "option" instead of a necessity for Filipinos, the President earlier said.
During the campaign for the May 10 elections, Aquino lamented that poverty continued to force many Filipinos for better paying jobs abroad. — VS
