MORE than 100 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) repatriated from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on December 8 were given financial assistance from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

OWWA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said in a statement on Saturday that Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd released the directives to provide an assistance package, which included P20,000 in financial aid to 109 OFWs.

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