Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

February 21, 2023 Dear Ms. Mary Melody Hinay, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 21, 2023 03:13:01 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for data on OFWs working in Taiwan. Ms. Hinay be correctly informed that the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is a welfare institution that provides social benefits and protection to its member-OFWs and their family. Hence, the most appropriate government agency mandate to keep data bases for documented overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) is the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Visit their official website at www.poea.gov.ph for details. You may likewise seek the assistance of the Philippine Statistics Authority, the data repository government . 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, EMMA V. SINCLAIR Deputy Administrator OWWA-FOI Decision Maker