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.
DMW: 19 distressed OFWs return home from Jeddah
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: 19 distressed OFWs return home from Jeddah
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.
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., This news data comes from:http://gyglfs.com
- Cooperatives group lauds Konektadong Pinoy Law as milestone in digital inclusion
- Luzon dams release water due to southwest monsoon
- Marcos to attend UN meet in New York in Sept- Palace
- Japanese volunteers to PH 'bedrock' of bilateral relations, says envoy
- Sen. Go calls for round-the-clock DFA support for OFWs welfare
- Dizon asks DOJ to issue immigration lookout bulletin to 26 DPWH officials and contractors
- Follow the trucks: Why investors are looking south of Metro Manila
- Malabon averts crisis with garbage deal
- Malabon shifts garbage disposal to Rizal landfill after Navotas closure
- 17 House lawmakers press Marcos administration to raise WPS issue to UN
