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Date: June 5, 2020, 9:18 a.m.
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Date: 2020-06-24 15:20:27.000000
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Published by Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE) on June 5, 2020.
Requested from DOLE by L. Catapang at 09:18 AM on
June 5, 2020.
Purpose: Work Research Purposes
Date of Coverage: 02/01/2020 - 06/05/2020
Tracking no: #DOLE-899058261241
To whom it may concern, This is Liezl Catapang, working at Smart Communications, Inc. Currently, we are doing some online researches and validations on the numbers of OFWs repatriation per province. We’d like check if you have publicly available data on how many of them come back home and which provinces did they go/ successfully repatriated back to their hometowns since the COVID outbreak? Hoping to hear from you soon. Thank you so much in advance! Best regards, Liezl Catapang
June 24, 2020 Dear Liezl Catapang, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 05, 2020 09:18:21 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for Numbers of OFWs Repatriated to the specific hometown/ Province. Response to your request While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have the information you have requested. However, you may wish to contact Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) at hotline 1348 or 1158 or email at [email protected] . For more details, you may visit their facebook page at facebook.com/OWWAcares or their website at www.dole-akap.owwa.gov., or resubmit your request addressed to the correct agency on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests?agency=OWWA For further assistance, you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help. 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 Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III at DOLE Building, Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila. 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 so much and keep safe! Respectfully, Zyra Glerica Perlora FOI Officer