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The latest number of repatriated Filipino seafarers

Requested from OWWA by M. Tacoloy at 10:41 PM on Oct 30, 2020.
Purpose: Maritime industry research
Date of Coverage: 10/30/2020 - 10/30/2020
Tracking no: #OWWA-785184348817

Tacoloy 10:41 PM, Oct 30, 2020 

Hello! I would like to request for information regarding:

1) The latest tally or number of stranded seafarers who have been repatriated and have come back home

2) The latest remaining number of stranded seafarers who are seeking repatriation and have not yet been repatriated

Thank you very much!


November 3, 2020

Dear Ms. Mia Tacoloy

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 30, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request for data on the latest number of repatriated Filipino seafarers can be accessed through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, the Bureau of Immigration. or the Philippine Coast Guard.

The OWWA, though part of the Inter-agency task force for COVID-19, assists all  repatriated Filipinos in coordination with DFA and the DOLE in transporting them to designated quarantine areas after the PRC Test and again to the travel to their respective regions/provinces.

Moreover, the date is available in the website o social media accounts of the aforementioned government offices.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have the information you have requested. 

For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://foi.gov.ph/help.

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If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac at email address: admin.cacdac@owwa.gov.ph.  Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

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Thank you.

Respectfully,
MCDMErum
FOI Officer

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