Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

May 26, 2022 Dear Ms. Rufina Dela Cruz, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated May 23, 2022 03:39:11 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for an update of your DOLE-AKAP Application. OWWA Verification System shows that you applied online on November 6, 2021 and was QUALIFIED to DOLE-AKAP. Address your concerns about DOLE-AKAP at the DOLE-Regional Office III at San Fernando, Pampanga, NOT at OWWA. BE CORRECTLY INFORMED that the DOLE-AKAP: (1) Is a program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), (2) The DOLE Regional and Provincial Offices are authorized to release the financial assistance, and (3) Queries related to the DOLE-AKAP must be directed to DOLE Offices including the update of the releases for the Php 10,000.00 financial assistance. You may also call the DOLE hotline at 1349. 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