OWWA provides assistance package to repatriated OFWs from Saudi ArabiaBy The Manila TimesMORE than 100 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) repatriated from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on December 8 were given financial assistance from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). OWWA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said in a statement on Saturday that Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd released the directives to provide an assistance package, which included P20,000 in financial aid to 109 OFWs. These workers are part of the total 521 OFWs who were repatriated in December due to unfavorable working conditions in the KSA. Cacdac said that the assistance package is intended to help OFWs for their smooth reintegration as they settle back in the country. “Our repatriated OFWs also have the opportunity to apply for a livelihood assistance.

Source: Manila Times December 22, 2018 08:48 UTC