Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

January 4, 2021 Dear Mr. Sydney Goña, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated May 12, 2020 03:51:33 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for an update of your DOLE-AKAP Application. Foremost, we apologize for the lateness of our response. Our system has difficulty in validating application with characters such as the “ñ” in your name. OWWA records show that you applied online on April 23, 2020 and was evaluated by OWWA-RWO 10 as APPROVED on 05/18/2020. Your documents were forwarded to the DOLE Region X for the release of financial assistance 06/22/2020. You may also wish to follow up at email: [email protected] or track your DOLE-AKAP at: http://doleakaptracker.owwa.gov.ph. 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