MANILA – Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) fleeing escalating tensions in the Middle East expressed relief and gratitude after safely arriving in the Philippines on Thursday under the government’s ongoing repatriation efforts.
Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac, who led the whole-of-government team in welcoming the repatriated OFWs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3, said a total of 166 Filipinos, including 150 OFWs and 16 dependents, returned from Kuwait after a coordinated land transfer to Saudi Arabia,…


