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OFWs na humingi ng ayuda dahil sa epekto ng pandemic, mahigit 600k na
More than 600,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) sought financial assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As of August 15, DOLE had approved assistance for approximately 272,000 OFWs.
The Abot Kamay ang Pagtulong (AKAP) program provides a one-time P10,000 aid to affected migrant workers.
The program's P2.5 billion budget is nearly depleted, with P2.436 billion already disbursed to 237,778 beneficiaries.
Out of those seeking aid, 349,977 were onsite workers stranded overseas, and 254,426 were repatriated land-based and sea-based OFWs.
President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the release of an additional P5 billion for the repatriation and assistance of OFWs.
DOLE has facilitated the transportation of 146,658 returning OFWs to their home provinces.
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