Manila, Nov. 12 -- Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with connecting flights can now rest, shower, and freshen up at the newly launched Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Transit Lounge at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3.

OWWA formally launched the facility on Wednesday following a one-month pilot run.

"Over 2,000 na po ng OFWs at kanilang pamilya ang nakasubok na at nakagamit nitong transit lounge. Meron itong higaan (OFWs and their families have already tried and used this transit lounge. It has beds), shower area, massage chairs," OWWA Administrator Patricia Yvonne Caunan said during an ambush interview.

"Para po ito sa mga OFWs na bumabalik or paalis at kailangan nilang magpahinga dahil galing sa...