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Creation of DOFWs seen as 'untimely'

THE government and the private sector both agreed that the proposed creation of the Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFWs) though necessary was untimely.

'Why fix it if ain't broke?' Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Special Adviser Marianito Roque said during a joint webinar over the weekend by the Philippine Council for Foreign Relations and the Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training Institute.