Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

August 29, 2023 Dear Ms. Arianne Love Dimzon, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 29, 2023 12:55:58 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch OWWA responded to your earlier request about where to correctly get data on the numbers of seafarer per region. Your request this time is on an enumeration of the challenges faced by seafarers while applying for deployment. This is something under research and can be answered by reading or collecting secondary data from published findings/studies on the subject matter. It is strongly suggested that you consult your professor on the possibility of adopting a different methodology (e.g. interviews, survey, etc) so you will have a higher level of collecting factual information. 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, MA. CYNTHIA D. ERUM OWWA-FOI Officer