Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and Clark International Airport due to Typhoon Ompong may receive Php5,000 financial assistance from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
Foreign affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said the assistance was extended to OFWs as per the directives of President Rodrigo Duterte.
“The President has directed the DFA to prioritize the concerns of our overseas workers and in line with this, we are extending cash assistance of P5,000.00 to those who would be stranded in our airports or seaports while on their way to or from destinations abroad,” Cayetano said.
To avail of the financial assistance, affected OFWs need to submit the following to DFA offices in the airports:
– Airline ticket showing their original date of departure
– Reissued ticket showing new date of departure
– Employment Contract
– Overseas Employment Certificate
The assistance will be available until September 16, 2018.
The assistance is similar to financial assistance given to OFWs who were affected by the runway closure at NAIA last month.
DFA said more than P5.5 million in cash assistance were given to 1,104 overseas workers who were stranded in Manila following the runway accident involving a Xiamen Air 737 at the airport.
