Dateline Kamuning: The Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo, together with officials of the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs (OUMWA), Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) welcomed the first batch of seventeen (17) government-assisted Filipino evacuees from Sudan, who arrived in Manila this afternoon after flying out yesterday from Athens, Greece and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.   Eight (8) overseas Filipinos were hotel workers in Sudan who boarded a military evacuation flight after successful representations made with the Greek government by the Philippine Embassy in Athens. The Embassy received the group in Athens on the morning of 28 April 2023, Friday, and afterwards immediately arranged for their flight back to the Philippines, through the DFA’s Assistance-to-Nationals Fund.  The remaining nine (9) overseas Filipinos, including one infant, fled Khartoum via Port Sudan where they board...

Dateline Kamuning:   The government is doing the necessary preparations in anticipation of the 72-hour ceasefire declared in Sudan, hoping it could provide an opportunity to bring home Filipinos stuck in the war-torn country, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday. President Marcos made the remarks following a meeting with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) on current issues including the the Sudan situation, particularly on how the government can bring Filipinos to safety. “Right now, we are hoping that the 72-hour ceasefire that has been declared will hold and we will — we are preparing ourselves,” President Marcos said. “So we’re trying — we’re watching this situation very, very closely and to see if there’s a window of opportunity na mailabas natin ang mga Philippine nationals natin.” https://fb.watch/k7lAm2lQ0I/ The President said Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople is on her way to the region in anticip...