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, This news data comes from:http://xs888999.com
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.
- UK police arrest hundreds in latest Palestine Action demo
- 1 in 4 people lack access to safe drinking water — UN
- Nartatez vows fair assignments, better resource management as new PNP chief
- Typhoon death toll rises in Vietnam as downed trees hamper rescuers
- Thailand acting PM moves to dissolve parliament — party
- 102-year-old becomes oldest person to summit Mount Fuji
- Scramble for survivors as Afghan earthquake death toll passes 1,400
- Comelec defers reconstitution of BARMM parliamentary districts
- 2028 polls overseas voter registration opens in Dec
- Pagasa: Rainy Monday over Visayas, Luzon areas due to LPA, 'habagat'
