As part of the continuing celebration of the Road to 50 Years of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board Region-I (RTWPB-I), represented by Dino S. Dizon, Labor and Employment Officer II, attended the awarding ceremony of the ₱400,000.00 Tulong Pangkabuhayan sa Pag-unlad ng Samahang OFWs (PUSO) grant to the Maipit OFW Members Association (MOMA). 

The grant received by the members of MOMA was the first tranche of financial assistance under the Tulong PUSO Program of OWWA. The assistance will serve as additional funding for the Micro Gasoline Station established by the group last 2025 as a community-based enterprise that aims to provide additional income generating project to the returned OFWs and their Family members. 

Mr. Dizon serves a member of Regional Review Committee for the Tulong PUSO Program, together with DTI-La Union Provincial Director Victoria A. Ordoño; Owner of Maxima Technical & Skills Training Institute, Inc. And Model OFW Regional Winner, Engr. Rusell Vilmer C. Tandoc; DWM –Region 1 Asst. Regional Diretor Romeo A. Jaramilla; OWWA RWO-1 Regional Director Marivic L. Mondia; and OWWA RWO-1 OIC-Chief, Programs and Services Division (PSD), Marissa C. Naboye. 

The awarding ceremony highlights the continuing commitment of government agencies and partner institutions in supporting OFWs and their families toward a more secure and productive future. (Dino S. Dizon)