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Cacdac
made the announcement himself in a Facebook post today, Sept. 30. He
said the unilateral transfer will take effect on Monday, Oct. 3.
He did not give any explanation.
All he said was that he wanted OWWA to become more accessible to overseas Filipino workers.
"Nais ko pong mas lalong maging malapit ang OWWA sa mahal nating mga OFWs," he said.
He asked for comments to be posted on his wall for any suggestions on how OWWA can better serve the OFWs.
No announcement on the move was made on the POEA or OWWA website, or that of the Department of Labor and Employment.
It is also unclear who will take over as POEA chief.
Although
POEA and OWWA are co-equal bodies under DOLE, the administrator of
POEA, which acts as overseer of all recruitment agencies in the
Philippines, carries more weight and clout.
Cacdac
was with the agency for years, acting as deputy to two administrators
who became labor secretaries - Pat Sto. Tomas and Rosalinda Baldoz
-before he became administrator himself in 2011.
He
was known to crack the whip on errant recruiters, leading to a call for
his ouster by agency groups in July last year. Although the call got
widespread notice, it failed to get off the ground.
Both
Cacdac and Calzado accompanied Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on
his trip to Hong Kong on Sept. 23-25, but no hint was made on their
impending fate. - The SUN
