Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

February 10, 2022 Dear Mr. MARK LESTER DUMOL, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 06, 2022 01:56:14 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for financial assistance to OFWs who was infected by COVID-19. Mr. Dumol the financial assistance of OWWA are for active members. At the time of arrival and if your swab test result shows a positive infection to COVID 19, OWWA, DOLE and DOH provides the assistance for hotel quarantine, transportation and medical attention. The repatriated OFW is given the DOLE-AKAP financial assistance. However, based on records your OWWA Membership expired in Nov. 2021 and have returned to the Philippines because your employment contract has ended and not due to COVID-19. Therefore, your COVID-19 came about at the time that you are no longer an OFW and the responsibility of providing you with assistance is your local government unit 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 Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac 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