Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

August 17, 2021 Dear Mr. Fernan Fernandez, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 11, 2021 07:31:20 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for an update of your DOLE-AKAP Application. Mr. Fernandez please be properly informed about the freedom of information. The Freedom of Information is a project of the Presidential Communication Operation Office under the Office of the President. Its major function is to give the public with information about the data, programs, services and benefits of government offices. What you are requesting is a personal information on your DOLE-AKAP application. We suggest you address your request to the DOLE Regional or Provincial Director for the status of your benefits. The DOLE Regional Director is authorized to make decisions about the approval and release of DOLE-AKAP financial assistance. OWWA can recommend but it is the DOLE Regional Director who has the final say. If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac at email: [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response and should be made within FIFTEEN (15) calendar days from the date you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within THIRTY (30) calendar days from the date we received your review request. However, if you are still not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, RODRIGO F. PASCUA, JR. OWWA Deputy Administrator FOI Decision Maker