Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

October 24, 2021 Dear Ms. Julia Andrea Manrique, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 19, 2021 04:05:29 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for data on the numbers of displaced OFW. Ms. Manrique please review the mandates and functions of government agencies by visiting their websites. Concerns for employment/deployment of OFWs are mandated functions of Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Bureau of Immigration, and Department of Foreign Affairs and the International Labor Assistance Bureau of the DOLE. The gathered data about the employment status of the OFWs is processed in coordination with the Phil Statistics Authority. The mandated function of the OWWA is to provide welfare assistance and benefit primarily to its member OFWs but the agency is not prevented from extending repatriation and welfare assistance to other overseas Filipinos particularly during crises. Hence, we suggest you address your concerns to the most appropriate government agency. 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, ATTY. EDELYN D. CLAUSTRO Director IV- Administrative and Financial Management Office OWWA FOI Decision Maker