Mga OFWs na hindi nakakuha ng benepisyo sa nagsarang kumpanya sa Saudi Arabia, unti-unti nang...

Mga OFWs na hindi nakakuha ng benepisyo sa nagsarang kumpanya sa Saudi Arabia, unti-unti nang nababayaran

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00:00The thousands of OFWs that were not paid by the beneficiary of closing down the company in Saudi Arabia are slowly closing down.

00:09Noel Talacay reported.

00:13Migrant worker Secretary Hans Leo Kakdak announced that there are now 2,500 overseas Filipino workers or OFWs in Saudi Arabia

00:25who have obtained their unpaid benefits.

00:29We're hoping that there will be more fund releases as we go along.

00:36But rest assured, at this stage, 2,500 have received the benefits amounting to around Php1.9 billion.

00:44This is good news that it has brought good news to some in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

00:50This has prompted Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to discuss the financial settlement claims of more than 10,000 OFWs in Saudi Arabia

01:02who lost their jobs after closing down and declaring bankruptcy to some companies between 2015 and 2016.

01:12Kakdak is talking to OFWs who have not yet obtained their unpaid benefits.

01:20It's an inter-agency effort, finance, human resources, and other government agencies involved.

01:26The bank, that is the channel for the distribution. So we just need to be a little more patient.

01:32The agency is also working on ways to remove names that have been rejected and names that have been removed from the list.

01:41We're taking the names and submitting them. We're coordinating it.

01:46The names can still be removed and we just need to wait for a response or action from the Saudi side.

01:54Kakdak also said that the Saudi government has already transferred Php2 billion or equivalent

02:01of more than Php31 billion to the remaining OFWs who have not yet received their benefits.

02:10Noel Talacay for Pambasan TV in Bagong, Pilipinas.