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Date: June 5, 2020, 9:12 a.m.
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Date: 2020-06-06 09:33:27.000000
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Published by Department of Foreign Affairs(DFA) on June 5, 2020.
Requested from DFA by L. Catapang at 09:12 AM on
June 5, 2020.
Purpose: For work research purposes
Date of Coverage: 02/01/2020 - 06/05/2020
Tracking no: #DFA-966881719385
To whom it may concern, This is Liezl Catapang, working at Smart Communications, Inc. Currently, we are doing some online researches and validations on the numbers of OFWs repatriation per province. We’d like check if you have publicly available data on how many of them come back home and which provinces did they go/ successfully repatriated to their hometowns since the COVID outbreak? Hoping to hear from you soon. Thank you so much in advance! Best regards, Liezl Catapang
June 6, 2020 Dear Liezl, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 05, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for the Total Number of OFWs repatriation per hometown provinces. Response to your request While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have the information you have requested. However, you may wish to contact the Department of Labor and Employment at http://www.dole.gov.ph/ or through their hotline: 1349 and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration at https://owwa.gov.ph/ or through their landline at (02) 891-7601 or resubmit your request addressed to the correct agency on the eFOI portal. For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://pcoomaster11222017130000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/help. Your right to request a review 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 [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are 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, FOI Receiving Officer FOI Officer