Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

June 7, 2022 Dear Ms. Leanette Malayas, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 07, 2022 04:53:23 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for an update of financial assistance for OFWs with COVID-19 at Qatar. The joint POEA and OWWA Verification System shows that your OEC was processed on 12/01/2021 for deployment to Qatar on January 05, 2022. Prior to these you applied for DOLE-AKAP on 11/22/2021 and the Financial assistance of PHP 10,000.00 was released on 05/25/2022. If you are in QATAR, you may go to the Philippine Embassy and inquire if you are still entitled to financial assistance. Based on the standard employment contract processed at POEA it is your employer in Qatar who must shoulder all expenses related to COVID. If you are in the Philippines, check with DOLE about the release of financial assistance under the DOLE-AKAP. You may call the DOLE hotline 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