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+ April 27, 2021 MORE than 76,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Central Visayas have received assistance from the government s repatriation program amid the Covid-19 pandemic from January 2020 to March 2021.
Based on the joint data from the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) 7 and the Overseas Worker Welfare Association (OWWA) 7 as of March 31, 2021, a total of 76,522 returning OFWs have been assisted by both agencies in going back to their provinces in Central Visayas, said Dole 7 Information Officer Luchel Taniza in a statement.
In the first three months of 2021, the two agencies have assisted the repatriation of 12,491 OFWs in the region, including 1,982 OFWs assisted in January, 3,850 in February, and 6,659 in March.