Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Sunday announced that President Duterte has approved the release of additional P5 billion for the repatriation and assistance to overseas Filipino workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Because the President loves our OFWs, our modern heroes, he gave us the additional funds that we need for the repatriation and aid to our OFWs,” he said in a statement.
DOLE’s Philippine Overseas Labor Offices and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration had processed and approved the applications of 267,584 OFWs under the program meant to benefit only 250,000. With additional funding, the Labor chief said more OFWs will benefit from the AKAP program and even more overseas workers will be repatriated and provided with assistance.
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