By Junex Doronio
STRESSING THAT THE GOVERNMENT has “more than sufficient funds” to bring the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) back to the Philippines, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Administrator Arnell Ignacio on Saturday vowed to assist the families of the killed Filipinos as a result of the ongoing Israel-Hamas armed conflict.
Ignacio said the agency has been in touch with the victims’ families for the past two days.
“Hindi tayo kukulangin ng karanasan para ito ay maisagawa sa ating mga kababayan,” Ignacio said in his interview with Teleradyo Serbisyo.
Three Filipinos were reported killed because of the armed conflict, while three were still unaccounted for, according to authorities.
Ignacio disclosed that they are just waiting for the preparation set by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to repatriate the remains of the slain Filipinos.
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