Update on Financial Assistance to Stranded OFWs
22 August 2018 - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has so far issued cash assistance to 86 overseas Filipino workers who failed to leave for their jobs abroad as a result of Friday’s accident at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). The 86 OFWs who presented themselves at the DFA Office of Migrant Workers Affairs this afternoon each received P5,000.00 in financial assistance.
The DFA will also be releasing until 10 p.m. the same amount to stranded OFWs at NAIA Terminals 1, 2, and 3.
Stranded OFWs who were eventually able to leave for host countries may also avail themselves of financial assistance at Philippine embassies and consulates general abroad by presenting their passports, original and reissued tickets, certificates of employment, and overseas employment certificates. END