TOKYO, Japan – From Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to Overseas Filipino Investors (OFI).

This is the vision of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for OFWs as she urged the Filipino community in this East Asian nation Friday to invest in real state, the stock market, government bonds and treasury bills, and other small and medium enterprises back home to help the government sustain the country’s economic growth

In her speech before hundreds of Filipino migrant workers at the Imperial Hotel here, the President noted that through their remittances, the Philippine economy has attained a stable growth.

"Kailangang sundan natin ang sakit ng pagtaas ng buwis sa pakinabang na nanggagaling sa makabuluhang investment ng tao at sa mga proyekto ng sa ganon ay masisigurado natin na ang kaunlaran ay hindi mababaliktad," she explained.

The President said that henceforth, all Filipinos working abroad should not be called Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW), but instead, Overseas Filipino Investors (OFI).