Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

August 14, 2022 Dear Ms. Josefine Bonales, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 03, 2022 08:11:54 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for financial assistance for OFWs who cannot return to their employer due to the worldwide pandemic. Ms. Bonales verify with POEA if your employment contract was renewed by your employer since your current status is Finished Contract or no longer an active OFW. Hence, you are no longer entitled to COVID-19 related benefits. However, you can avail of the employment assistance of the Department of Migrant Workers or avail of skills training offered by TESDA to upgrade your current skills to be competitive in the labor market. You can also visit the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) for livelihood packages that you can be qualified. 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