The migrant workers and social welfare departments, as well as the OWWA, set aside P100 million to cover the financial grant, months after the Saudi government promised that 10,000 OFWs would receive their claims.
MANILA, Philippines – Almost four months since the Saudi Arabian government promised to pay 10,000 overseas Filipino workers their labor claims from their now-closed construction companies, Philippine authorities will be giving a “humanitarian package” of P10,000 each to claimants as they continue to wait.
The other P5,000 will be shouldered by the Department of Social Welfare and Development, totaling P10,000 for each claimant.Thousands of OFWs were displaced after certain construction companies in Saudi Arabia went belly-up during an economic crisis around 2015. The Department of Labor and Employment in 2021 reported that the OFWs’ unpaid salaries amounted toOn November 18, 2022, as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
“OWWA has sufficient funds for this humanitarian program, and we are ready to help the claimants, as we have done in the past,” said Ignacio.Philippine government has shelled out around P1 billion
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