00:00Meanwhile, former overseas Filipino workers in Central Visayas
00:03sold their products in the first country trade fair of the Department of Migrant Workers in Central Visayas.
00:10This is still part of the initiative of the Department of Migrant Workers for the opening of the National Women's Month.
00:16Xenia Oliverio of PTV Cebu, in Centro ng Balita.
00:22For 15 years, Jordan and Mary Ann have been married abroad.
00:27And recently, they decided to stay in the Philippines and continue their small pastry business in Cebu.
00:34They are among the beneficiaries of the livelihood program of the Department of Migrant Workers in Central Visayas
00:40where they sold their products such as torta, cupcake, and brownies
00:46in the first country mini trade fair of the DMW Region 7.
00:50This is a form of support for the advocacy of the agency to the OFWs and part of the opening of the National Women's Month.
00:58In our business, way back in 2022, during the lockdown,
01:06and then actually, our business, we sold it to our sister during the pandemic.
01:14So, since after the pandemic, it was okay, and then I went back to the OFW,
01:20I was the one who sold it, together with my wife.
01:23In 2023, when Mary Ann went back to the Philippines and Xenia,
01:27the livelihood assistance of the DMW was a big help to continue their business.
01:33As an OFW, when you go back to the Philippines, you go back from the scratch.
01:41It's not like what we usually do. We are used to going back and forth.
01:46Especially for us, it's more than 15 years here abroad.
01:51It is our mandate to also support our OFW sellers, our OFW business owners.
01:57So, this is one way to encourage them to really stay in the country and not go abroad.
02:03The beneficiaries of the DMW are thankful because it also helps to market their products.
02:10For example, right now, they are marketing their business,
02:17but at the same time, they are also helping the people of Cebu.
02:21The DMW in Central Visayas hopes to expand their trade fair in the next few months.
02:27From PTV Cebu, Nina Oliverio, for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.
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