290 OFWs na bumalik mula sa Lebanon, nakatanggap ng financial assistance

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00:00Almost 300 OFWs returned to the country yesterday from Lebanon.

00:06That's the center of the news of Isaiah Miracuentes.

00:11Why are we getting emotional now, ma'am?

00:16Because I was saved.

00:19I'm so happy that I was able to go home.

00:24Our countrymen are overjoyed to return to the Philippines after returning from Lebanon.

00:32Almost 300 OFWs arrived here at Ninoy Aquino International Airport

00:38from the repatriation effort of the government.

00:41It's a new beginning for the expected 290 OFWs

00:47who were repatriated from Lebanon due to rising tensions in the Middle East.

00:53They were happy to be welcomed by Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Cakdak

00:57and OA Administrator Arnel Ignacio when they arrived here at Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

01:03The challenges are mainly the process in Lebanon to begin with.

01:07We know that the Lebanese authorities are trying their level best

01:11but the processing of immigration clearances in Lebanon is the first and foremost.

01:18It was 7 p.m. here in the Philippines when our countrymen left Lebanon

01:24and arrived here in Niaya yesterday at 3 p.m.

01:28They boarded the Chartered Plane MYW9071.

01:33In total, 903 OFWs were repatriated from Lebanon since October of last year.

01:43The government promised that they will answer the transportation of OFWs

01:47until they return to their homes.

01:50The DMW's entry costs 75,000 pesos of financial assistance

01:56to the repatriated OFWs

01:58and 75,000 pesos from OAH

02:02and 20,000 pesos from DSWD.

02:05Meanwhile, the Department of Health is accompanying the medical consultant

02:10and psychological first aid for the repatriated OFWs.

02:14The Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Migrant Workers

02:18as well as the Philippine Embassies in Ankara, Turkey

02:21are helping the Filipinos who are stuck in trouble in Lebanon.

02:28We are working to function according to each direction

02:33OAH, DMW, DOTR, DOH

02:38and of course, Congress

02:40A whole family is taking care of our Filipino family.

02:45One of the promises of the government

02:48is that the OFWs will be helped to have a new income

02:53or find a new life here in the Philippines.

02:55Ron Torzuela told us about his experience in Lebanon.

03:00There is fear and anxiety

03:06especially when the leader of Hezbollah was bombed.

03:11There is fear because every type of explosion is heard.

03:17The repatriated OFWs are united in the reason

03:21why they agreed to return to the Philippines.

03:24This is to live in peace with their loved ones.

03:30Isaiah Mira Fuentes for Pambansang TV in the Philippines

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