30,000 to benefit from DOLE scholarships

MANILA, Philippines — More than 30,000 students are expected to benefit from the P1-billion scholarship fund set up by the government for the dependents of displaced and deceased overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Labor Department Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the “Tabang OFW” program is a onetime financial assistance of P30,000 for dependents of a repatriated, displaced or deceased OFW.

—Jovic Yee