Cannot be reached pa rin si OWWA Chief Calzado sa repat OFWs

BUNSOD nang lumalalang tensiyon sa Yemen, focus ngayon ang pamahalaan para magbigay ng tulong sa mga nagsisilikas na mga kababayan nating overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) na nagparehistro bilang panimulang proseso para sa isasagawang Mandatory Repatriation.

Sa pagkakataong may pagkilos para tulungan ang Pinoy workers sa ibayong dagat ay inaasahang magpaparamdam si Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Adminsitrator Rebecca Calzado.

Kaya lang ay ‘di sure kung personal siyang aalalay sa ipatutupad na repatriation move ng government team.

“OWWA is part of the Crisis Management Team  (CMT) composed of  officials from the  DFA and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The CMT continuously monitors  the situation of countries experiencing crisis to ensure that our OFWs working there are safe.  If immediate action is needed, the CMT automatically activates its committees to respond to the situation,” ani Calzado.

Sa ngayon, sa notebook ni Administrator Calzado, since 26 January 2015, there are 2,391 OFWs working in Yemen as nurses, household service workers (HSWs), supervisors, technicians, mechanics, engineers, among others.

Ang patuloy na gulo sa capital city of Sana’a ng mga Houthi rebels and the recent suspension of many embassies in the Yemeni capital were the basis for the DFA’s heightened alert level.

Kaya naman agad umapela at nakiusap ang OWWA  sa mga kaanak ng OFWs  in  Yemen to  convince their loved ones to come home.

On the record, dagdag ni Calzado, nitong taon 2011, OWWA assisted about 1,000 OFWs who returned from Yemen due to the  political instability.

By the way, nakarating sa kaalaman natin na may malubhang karamdaman daw ang kabiyak ni Ma’am Rebecca kung kaya’t ‘di siya nakapagbibigay nang personal assistance sa repatriates.

Pero hindi rason ‘yan na ‘di bigyan ng pansin ng OWWA at aluhin sa kanilang kalungkutan ang umuuwing luhaang OFWs no matter what.

Ano sa palagay ninyo? Or else, turn over the post to another person na makapagbibigay ng panahon tulad ng ginawa noon nina former OWWA chief Wilhelm Soriano, Eli Gardiner at Carmelita Dimzon.

Think of it Madame Calzado!