OWWA CARAGA GETS SAFETY SEAL CERTIFICATION

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Caraga received a Safety Seal certification issued by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Caraga together with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Caraga after an ocular inspection was completed at the Regional Welfare Office Caraga on Thursday, August 5.

Handed by the Safety Seal Inspectors/Validators themselves, LGOO V Marissa M. Mones of DILG Caraga, FO3 Eric Alvin Gayon of BFP Caraga, SPO4 Winfel Villaruel of PNP Caraga to the OIC-Regional Director of OWWA Caraga, Ma. Ireen C. Cambaling with the presence of the OICPSD/OWWO III Rodel P. Deligero, and OWWO II Jean Mary R. Ladion.

The Safety Seal certification, signed by LGCDD Division Chief Charissa T. Guerta of DILG Caraga, serves as a recognition that the office abides to the minimum public health standards; it is granted to offices or establishments that have complied with all the Safety Seal Certification checklist in compliance to the minimum health safety protocols against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

This intervention is an interagency effort among the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Tourism (DOT), and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), which aims to increase the compliance of both public and private offices/establishments in promoting the strict implementation of Public Health Standards to mitigate the further spread of COVID-19. (OWWACaraga/PIA-Caraga)