Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

July 13, 2021 Dear Ms. Myrna Diana, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jul 13, 2021 11:07:52 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for information on update of the total amount of disbursed fund for AKAP out of the total allotment provided under Bayanihan 1 & 2. Ms. Diana, the DOLE-AKAP funds is managed and handled by the Department of Labor and Employment through its Regional and Provincial Office. The ROLE of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is to evaluate and validate the online submission of documents/application through the OFW Verificattion System, an IT-based system developed by OWWA. If qualified to the DOLE-AKAP, OWWA forwards the documents of the OFW Applicant to the DOLE Regional Offices for the processing and release of DOLE-AKAP financial assistance (php 10K). You may get information at the DOLE website or through its Financial Management Services. 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, RODRIGO F. PASCUA, JR. OWWA Deputy Administrator FOI Decision Maker