THE Commission on Audit commended the efforts and services of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in responding to the needs of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were either repatriated or displaced because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

In its 2020 audit report, CoA said that P5.67 billion or 95.23 percent of the P5.9 billion, which OWWA received for Emergency Repatriation Fund (ERF) was either utilized or disbursed, while expenses charged to overseas operation contingency fund totaled P1.59 billion as of year-end 2020, 'indicating that the OWWA was able to considerably attend to the needs of the OFWs during the pandemic.'