Bontoc, Mountain Province – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in coordination with the Bontoc Local Government Unit (LGU) through the Public Employment Service Office awarded a cheque amounting to P5,000.00 to Cathy Jeane Fangsilat, a beneficiary of the Educational Livelihood Assistance Program (ELAP).
ELAP Scholarships are for dependents of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who were active OWWA members at the time of their deaths.
Fangsilat is the daughter of the late Michael Fangsilat from Barangay Mainit, Bontoc Mountain Province who was an OFW in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Bontoc Mayor Franklin Odsey, Accountant Marcy Lynn Piliyen and Family Welfare Officer Jovy Ann Mang-usan from OWWA-Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), and Jenelyn Ngolab, Family Welfare Officer of Mountain Province turned over the cheque on May 11, 2022, at the Mayor’s Office of the Municipal Capitol. **Christy Mae F. Che-es, Bontoc LGU