The government has approved some 45,000 applications for the one-time P10,000 financial assistance for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
This figure was provided by Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) administrator Hans Leo Cacdac on Saturday, April 25, during the virtual Laging Handa press briefing.
Due to migrant workers’ urgent need for the aid, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has instructed that Philippine Overseas Labor Offices be “flexible with requirements” and “not too stringent,” said Cacdac.
An estimated one million Filipinos abroad have been displaced from employment because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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