37 OFWs arrive from Syria 02/15/2012

37 OFWs arrive from Syria

02/15/2012
Another batch of 37 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from war-torn Syria came home yesterday afternoon aboard Etihad Airways flight EY424, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said.

OWWA said the plane arrived at the NAIA at 4:15 p.m. The repatriated workers had availed themselves of the mandatory repatriation program offered by the government as it raised alert level number 4 in December last year.

According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, some 913 OFWs had been brought home safely since the trouble erupted in Syria in March last year..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120215nat7.html