Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

March 2, 2022 Dear Precious Mae Francisco, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Mar 01, 2022 03:41:54 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for the total number of population of Overseas Filipino Workers in Batangas Province. Ms. Francisco always follow regulations and instruction in seeking assistance from government agency like the PCOO-eFOI. You falied to submit a snapshot of an ID. Hence, we are compelled not to issue you details of your requested information. Be knowledgeable and follow the ethics of securing secondary data.for research purposes. What we can advise is for you to seek the assistance of the Phil. Statistics Authority since they are mandated to be the repository of government data/statistics. The public data available of OFW population is 2018. If you need current data on OFWs in Batangas, go to the Batangas Provincial Planning Office since they are mandated to consolidated the monthly counts/statistics of all municipalities and component Cities for their regular submission to DILG and NEDA for performance updates of the LGU. 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