Govt brings home over 230 OFWs on New Year’s Day

MORE than 230 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates are back home for the New Year following a successful repatriation mission of the Duterte government.

HOME AT LAST Dozens of the 264 overseas Filipino workers repatriated from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates raise their fists upon their arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Jan. 1, 2021. Their repatriation was the work of a 14-member delegation led by Special Envoy and Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Chief Presidential Protocol Robert E.A. Borje and Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Arriola. MALACAÑANG PHOTO