By Dean Aubrey Caratiquet
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said Friday, Nov. 3, that 50 Filipinos in Israel are set to be repatriated next week.
In the government’s Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon program, DMW officer-in-charge Hans Leo Cacdac said they will comprise the fifth and sixth batches of repatriation from Israel since the war broke out.
“Sa ngayon, tumatayo sa 119 ang nakauwi na out of 178 requests for repatriation. At mayroon tayong napipintong 23 na pauwi nitong Lunes at 27 na pauwi nitong Martes,” Cacdac said.
The DMW has also extended aid and condolences to the bereaved families of slain Filipinos in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
“Ngayong hapon ay mayroong pauwi na pangalawang OFW na nasawi. Mayroon nang naunang umuwi…isang linggo na ang nakaraan. At ngayong hapon pauwi si Angelyne Aguirre ng Pangasinan,” Cacdac said.
“Lahat ng tulong in terms of financial at funeral at burial expenses, livelihood at trabaho para sa naiwang pamilya ay naiugnay na natin sa relevant government agencies,” Cacdac said. -ag
