Overseas Filipino workers can now process all their documents, requirements, remittance and hold videoconferencing with their loved ones at the Global Pinoy Centers located in the SM supermalls all over the country.

Hans Sy, president of SM Prime Holdings Inc., the mall developer of the SM Group, told reporters at Thursday’s launch of the pilot Global Pinoy Center in the Mall of Asia that this latest service of its malls is a recognition of the new Filipino heroes, the OFWs.

Sy narrated that when he goes abroad to meet with their foreign investors, who are jittery about the domestic economy, he would always cite the huge OFW remittances to appease their apprehensions.

“I always told our foreign investors that as long as the OFWs continue sending their money back home, there is nothing to worry about the local economy,” he said.

To demonstrate its deep appreciation for the OFWs, Sy said, “We must show to them that we really take care of them.”

Sy noted that SM Malls have introduced several initiatives like the environment, assistance for the physically handicapped, among others, but not for the OFWs.

“The Global Pinoy Center is one way of providing an integrated service to OFWs in one place,” he said.

He said this project would be introduced first on its three premier malls MOA, Megamall and North Edsa.