Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

July 7, 2020 Dear Wilfredo Jr. dela Cruz, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 29, 2020 10:29:36 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for DOLE-AKAP CASH ASSISTANT. Response to Request As per our update, RWOII your application for DOLE- AKAP is received and being endorsed to DSWD due to Finished Contract. Kindly please inquire to [email protected] for the update of your application. OWWA implements the DOLE-AKAP for the displaced OFWs on account of COVID-19. It is a one-time special cash assistance amounting to PhP10,000.00 or USD200 or its equivalent to the currency of the host country. The DOLE-AKAP for OFWs cover the displaced land-based and sea-based regular/ documented OFWs, the Balik-Manggagawa (BM)/vacationing workers and the Qualified Undocumented OFWs who have experienced job displacement on account of COVID 19. Your right to request a review 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 Hans Leo J. Cacdac, OWWA Administrator and e-mail [email protected] . Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are 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, Deputy Administrator Josefino Torres FOI Receiving Officer