Start Drawing Up Concrete Recovery Plans

The government has been assisting our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have decided to come home after many years of work in many countries. It is only fair that the government help our OFWs who have long been responsible for a major portion of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Now that they are the ones in need of help, the government has set aside ₱5 billion under the Bayanihan law for the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) for the repatriation and other assistance to OFWs.

This week, 8,329 more OFWs arrived on chartered flights from Kenya, Peru, Israel, Russia, Turks and Caicos, Iraq, and Egypt. Several flights are due from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia this week, As of August 29, the government had brought home 173,088 OFWs on chartered flights from various countries where all commercial flights have been cancelled, assisting them all the way to their home provinces.