Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

October 17, 2022 Dear Mr. Jimmy Tiempo, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 17, 2022 10:11:49 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. Tiempo BE CORRECTLY INFORMED THAT THE DOLE-AKAP IS A PROGRAM of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Hence, it is appropriate to directly address your concerns to the DOLE Regional Office or DOLE Central Office at Intramuros, Manila. BE FURTHER ADVISED that the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is a government agency attached to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). It is mandated to provide welfare services to its member OFWs and their families while judiciously protecting the funds of OWWA. 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 the OWWA- FOI Decision Makers 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, ATTY. EDELYN D. CLAUSTRO Director IV- Administrative and Financial Management Office OWWA-FOI Decision Maker