MANILA, Philippines — Nineteen more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia have returned to the country, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced late on Monday.
In a statement on their Facebook page, the DMW said 12 were staying in the Bahay Kalinga shelters, who experienced “unfortunate situations on their overseas employment” and requested assistance from the agency to return home.
DMW Assistant Secretary Maria Regina Galias and DMW-NCR Regional Director Falconi Millar, along with other teams from the DMW and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), met with the repatriates and provided them with immediate assistance and whole-of-government support., This news data comes from:http://052298.com
The Filipinos, who arrived home through Saudia Flight SV 870 at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1, also received financial and transportation assistance from the DMW and OWWA, as well as medical assistance from the airport’s medical staff.
DMW: 19 distressed OFWs return home from Jeddah
- Meeting South Korea, Trump could eye new chance with North
- Alice Guo faces new cases over POGO land
- No winner in lotto draws for Aug 28
- Marcos to attend UN meet in New York in Sept- Palace
- Customs recovers 10 more Discaya luxury cars
- DPWH chief rejects calls to resign as he vows to probe corruption in flood control projects
- Putin tells Xi China-Russia ties are at 'unprecedented level'
- Aftershocks rumble quake-hit Afghanistan as death toll tops 1,400
- Pope Leo XIV to Israeli president: 2-state solution needed to end Gaza war
- Mass housing developers laud Pag-IBIG Fund
