Arnell Ignacio bagong OWWA chief

Itinalaga ni Pangulong Marcos Jr. si Arnell Ignacio bilang administrator ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

Ito ang kinumpirma ni Press Secretary Trixie Angeles..

Papalitan ni Ignacio si Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac.

Itinalaga rin si Mary Melanie Hernandez Quino bilang deputy administrator, na dating hawak na posisyon ni Ignacio.

Deputy Administrator din ng ahensiya si Emma Villanueva Sinclair kapalit  ni Ryan Vincent Uy, na pinalitan naman ni Emma Villanueva Sinclair.

Samantala, si Philippine Overseas Employment Agency Administrator Bernard Olalia ay itinalaga bilang Undersecretary for Licensing and Adjudication, ngunit mananatili siyang  Officer-in-Charge ng POEA hanggang sa  maaprubahan ang 2023 budget. Samantala, itinalaga rin ang dating overseas Filipino worker na si Venecio Legaspi bilang Assistant Secretary for Reintegration sa  Department of Migrant Workers. “For reintegration, a former OFW for 29 years – Venecio Legaspi, who worked for several years in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has been appointed . He rose from the ranks to assume the post of vice-president in a prominent Saudi Bank. He has been appointed as Assistant Secretary for Reintegration, ”  pahayag ni Angeles.