DMW Chief Cacdac Says Ex-OWWA Admin Ignacio Removed

DMW looking into OWWA's P1.4-B land acquisition deal

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has been investigating the P1.4 billion land acquisition deal of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the agency’s newly-installed administrator said on Saturday, May 17.OWWA administrator Patricia Yvonne Caunan said the transaction for the parcel of the land happened last year and the agency will coordinate with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Commission on Audit (COA) as part of the pr…

DMW chief Cacdac says ex-OWWA admin Ignacio removed

Former Overseas Workers Welfare Administration administrator Arnell Ignacop was removed from his post due to loss of trust and confidence, Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Cacdac said on Friday.

Caunan replaces Ignacio as OWWA chief

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Patricia Yvonne Caunan as the new administrator of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), replacing Arnell Ignacio. Caunan took her oath of office before Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac on Friday. She was former undersecretary for policy and international cooperation at the Department of Migrant Workers, having held …