The Pag-IBIG Fund approves the benefits package for repatriated OFWs under the PBBM order
In compliance with the order of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to provide timely and reasonable assistance to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the conflict in the Middle East, the Secretary of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Jose Ramon P. Aliling, who is also the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pag-IBIG Fund of the Pag-IBIG Fund for the special package Pagrotripaval of the app of Pagroval Development app. OFWs, which allows them to access their savings and receive temporary assistance in paying off their housing loans as they recover and rebuild their lives at home.
Under the approved benefits package, eligible OFW members may apply for the withdrawal of up to 100% of Pag-IBIG General Savings, including their employee share, employer share, and earned shares, even before its 20-year maturity; withdraw up to 100% of their Modified Pag-IBIG II or MP2 Savings, including the return earned, even before its 5-year maturity; or obtain a 3-month moratorium on Pag-IBIG Home Loan payments, free of interest and penalties, and the loan term is extended by three months.
The package is part of the Pag-IBIG Fund’s response to the President’s directive to provide timely and effective assistance to OFWs affected by the conflicts in the Middle East.
“Following the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., the Pag-IBIG Fund is ready to extend effective and immediate assistance to our OFWs affected by the situation in the Middle East,” said Mr. Aliling. “With this package of benefits, eligible members may access their Pag-IBIG savings and receive temporary assistance in paying off their housing loans, giving them more room to support their families and emergency needs during this difficult time.”
As of February 2026, Pag-IBIG Fund has 891,427 registered OFW members in the Middle East, including 86,234 MP2 savers and 40,024 mortgage borrowers, with the largest numbers in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait. These approved relief measures are intended to help affected members meet emergency family and household expenses with early access to savings, while giving eligible mortgage borrowers a break from monthly payments as they recover and begin rebuilding their lives in the Philippines.
Meanwhile, Pag-IBIG Fund CEO Marilene C. Acosta said the Pag-IBIG Fund is ready to deliver an approved financial aid package in a quick, affordable, and responsive manner to the needs of affected OFW members, to support the government’s comprehensive assistance and reintegration efforts.
“We recognize that for this assistance to be truly responsive, it must be available to eligible members in a fast, transparent, and accessible manner,” said Ms. Acosta. “That is why we will make applications for these benefits available online through Virtual Pag-IBIG, while ensuring that our more than 200 branches, OFW centers, and service offices are ready to help members and their families. By doing so, Pag-IBIG Fund also supports the relief and reintegration efforts carried out by the Department of Migrant Labor and International Management making sure that our Labor Goals are affected. OFW members can turn to to the Pag-IBIG Fund so that they can receive immediate and practical support as they recover.”
Pag-IBIG Fund said members may receive their services from Monday to Friday in office-based branches and from Tuesday to Saturday in mall-based branches, as well as through its digital service channel, Virtual Pag-IBIG, even as it supports the government’s energy-saving measures.
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