The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has started releasing the $200 or P 10,000 financial assistance to seafarers who were displaced due to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

OWWA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said they already approved 5,100 applications as of Monday, half of which were applications from seafarers. Their target is to provide assistance to 50,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) through the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DoLE) AKAP initiative for OFWs.

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