In adherence to the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to offer timely and meaningful assistance to overseas Filipino employees (OFWs) affected by the conflict within the Middle East, Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Secretary Jose Ramon P. Aliling, who also chairs the 11-member Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees, announced the approval of a special Pag-IBIG Fund advantages package for repatriated OFWs, allowing them to access their savings and receive temporary relief on housing loan payments as they recuperate and rebuild their lives back home.
Under the approved advantages package, qualified OFW members may apply to withdraw as much as 100% of their Pag-IBIG Regular Savings, including their worker share, employer share, and dividends earned, even before its 20-year maturity; withdraw as much as 100% of their Modified Pag-IBIG II or MP2 Savings, inclusive of returns earned, even before its 5-year maturity; or avail of a 3-month moratorium on Pag-IBIG Housing Loan payments, free from interest and penalties, with the loan term prolonged by three months.
The package forms a part of Pag-IBIG Fund’s response to the directive of the President to offer timely and meaningful assistance to OFWs affected by the conflict within the Middle East.
“In adherence to the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., Pag-IBIG Fund stands able to extend practical and immediate assistance to our OFWs affected by the situation within the Middle East,” Mr. Aliling said. “Through this advantages package, qualified members may access their Pag-IBIG savings and receive temporary relief on housing loan payments, giving them more room to offer for his or her families and meet urgent needs during this difficult time.”
As of February 2026, Pag-IBIG Fund has 891,427 registered OFW members within the Middle East, including 86,234 MP2 savers and 40,024 housing loan borrowers, with the biggest numbers in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait. These approved relief measures are intended to assist affected members meet urgent family and household expenses through early access to their savings, while also giving qualified housing loan borrowers respiratory room from monthly payments as they recuperate and start rebuilding their lives within the Philippines.
Meanwhile, Pag-IBIG Fund Chief Executive Officer Marilene C. Acosta said Pag-IBIG Fund is able to deliver the approved financial assistance package in a way that’s prompt, accessible, and attentive to the needs of affected OFW members, in support of the federal government’s broader assistance and reintegration efforts for them.
“We recognize that for this assistance to be truly responsive, it have to be made available to qualified members in a way that’s fast, clear, and accessible,” Ms. Acosta said. “That’s the reason we’ll make applications for these advantages available online through Virtual Pag-IBIG, while also ensuring that our greater than 200 branches, OFW Centers, and repair offices are able to assist members and their families. In doing so, Pag-IBIG Fund also supports the assistance and reintegration efforts being carried out by the Department of Migrant Staff and the Overseas Staff Welfare Administration for affected OFWs. Our goal is to make certain that qualified OFW members can turn to Pag-IBIG Fund for immediate and practical support as they recuperate.”
Pag-IBIG Fund said members may access its services from Monday to Friday in office-based branches and from Tuesday to Saturday in mall-based branches, in addition to through its digital service channel, Virtual Pag-IBIG, at the same time as it supports the federal government’s energy conservation measures.
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