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OWWA seeks P7-B for OFW quarantine
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Published August 4, 2021, 3:45 PM
A Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) official has asked for the understanding of quarantine hotels that have been waiting on the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration’s (OWWA) payments in connection with the services they rendered to repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
DOLE Director Rolly Francia speaks during the agency’s Aug. 4, 2021 virtual press briefing. (Screengrab from Zoom meeting)
In a virtual press briefing Wednesday, Aug. 4, DOLE-Information and Publication Service (IPS) Director Rolly Francia confirmed reports that some hotels and accommodation facilities have stopped functioning as quarantine hotels over the delayed payments of OWWA.
Published July 3, 2021, 2:25 PM
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. ordered an “all out” assistance for a special needs kid who was stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) along with his parents because of the Philippines’ travel ban on passengers coming from the Middle East country.
Locsin asked Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Lou Ysmael Arriola to look into the situation of Lucas Iñigo Ricamora and his parents after a concerned netizen tweeted him about the family’s predicament about being stranded in UAE.
Lucas Iñigo Ricamora (Malou Talosig/Twitter)
“@DFAPHL @slyarriola Sarah, let’s go all out for this kid. He has a special place in DFA heart as you well know,” he tweeted on Saturday, July 3, in response to the tweets of Malou Talosig.