Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

April 11, 2023 Dear Ms. Josielle Guevarra, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Apr 06, 2023 03:14:42 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for data on the OFW Remittances from 2018 to 2022. Ms. Guevarra be correctly informed that the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is a membership institution under the national government. Its major mandates are to provide welfare assistance to OFWs and their families and judiciously protect the OFW Membership Fund. OWWA does not collect data on the remittances of its member OFWs. There are other government agencies mandated to do so. We suggest you channel you inquiry to the Banko Sentral or the Department of Finance. Also, the Phil Statistics Authority which is the repository of statistics/data of the agencies under the Executive Branch of Government, may have the data which you need in order to comply with for you school's requirements. 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