Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd has ordered the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to reactivate its cash assistance program for returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

OWWA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac on Tuesday said the agency’s Balik Pilipinas, Balik Hanapbuhay Program was revived following the return of thousands of land- and sea-based OFWs, whose companies were badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

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