OWWA: 6K OFW families affected by Abra quake receive aid

This handout photo taken and released on July 27, 2022 by the Mountain Province Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office shows boulders and a damaged vehicle (C) blocking a road following a landslide along Halsema Highway in the municipality of Bontoc, Mountain Province, after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the northern Philippines.

Handout / Mountain Province Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office / AFP

MANILA, Philippines — Some 6,000 families of Overseas Filipino Workers affected by the 7.0-magnitude quake in the province of Abra have received cash aid from the government.

Overseas Workers Welfare Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac explained to TeleRadyo that the Department of Migrant Workers has earmarked P20 million for assistance to affected families of OFWs that are registered with them.

“The range of the cash assistance, according to Secretary Toots Ople, and [Labor and Employment Secretary] Benny Laguesma, is from P3,000 to P5,000,” Cacdac said in Filipino, although he added the board of trustees is still determining the exact amount.

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