DFA achieves milestone in repatriating 300,838 displaced OFWs
MANILA BULLETIN FILE Based on the DFA tally, 90,621 (30.12 percent) of the repatriates are sea-based workers while 210,217 (69.88 percent) are land-based. The Department also broke another record this week with the repatriation of 13,537 overseas Filipinos – its highest weekly total since February. Last week, it facilitated 59 flights including a chartered Philippine Airlines flight that brought home 319 distressed overseas Filipinos from Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The Dammam flight was the 5th DFA-chartered flight that repatriated stranded compatriots from the Kingdom’s eastern region. The ...
Source: mb.com.ph