Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

August 14, 2022 Dear Mr. Johnlery Ramos, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 06, 2022 04:59:21 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for your data request on the number of OFWs from Isabela Province and other deployment concerns. Be knowledgeable and correctly informed that the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is the repository of data collected by the different offices of government. Hence, familiarize yourself with their website by simply searching it at the internet search engines. Deployment data is also sourced by POEA, so again visit their website and the public files. But if you are in Isabela, why not visit your provincial government and seek assistance from their Planning Unit. All LGUs are required to have a monthly report of their constituents and therefore the Planning Unit of Isabela can give you a per Town/City data account of OFW household, type of occupation and place of destination. 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