Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Labor Department officials to help Filipino domestic workers stuck in Hong Kong get home before Christmas.
About 1,000 Filipino domestic workers have been stranded in Hong Kong since Sunday after Peya Travel Agency failed to provide plane tickets for them.
Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III said they were coordinating with Foreign Affairs and Defence officials, plus Philippines Airlines (PAL) to help get their compatriots back for the festive season, as ordered by Duterte, Interaksyon reported.
“We have instructions from President Durterte to bring our overseas foreign workers home before Christmas,” he said in a TV interview.
Bello said he had made arrangements with Defence officials to use a C130 carrier plane for the domestic workers. “We will see to it (that) in two to three days you will be able to go home to the Philippines,” he said.
He said he had spoken to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to arrest the travel agent and to charge those responsible in court, PTV News reported.
Depende..eh kung wla silang ticket back n forth di ganun mangyayari..opinion q lang..ung sa narebook at nabigyan agad di ok..papanu ung hindi..cguro nmn nairecord nmn ung mga names ng apektado..iaapdate parin cla nyan kung my ticket o wla kasi peak season di cla mkasingit regular flight sa date na makablik sila sa mga amo nila..mahirap din ung chance passenger lang..itanong nlng ky president..again opinion q lng po
Joana Marie Ramirez Raguterohoque. Congrats sis and enjoy the happy holidays with your family! 6 Christmas na akong hindi naka celebrate sa Pinas.
Wowww! Maraming salamat Tatay Digong sa pamasko mo sa mga kapwa ko OFWs! Malaking ginhawa at saya po sa kanila. Sana maparusahan ang may sala.
Makontento n tau sa help.ng president ntin na mkauwi mako laking effort yon wag na sana tanungin pno pblik
This is what I admire most to our president. He is really a man of action. Long live Mr. President.
Pero yung iba na kumakalaban sa PRRD na mga OFW’s sana makapag isip isip.
bka mymebro ng kadamay yn.
Tinulungan na umuwi para maayos ang problema tapos iisipin mo tcket pagbalik tapusin muna problema
Balikan POh biktima din aq nag peya travel agency
Ngaun nakakuha naq free ticket round trip
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Dapat lang yan isarado at ikulong manloloko.thanks to the president you all still can together with your love ones on Christmas merry Christmas èvery one
Nag effort na nga presidente gusto mo pati pabalik sagot pa nya…yan po tinatawag na abuso na????????????
Mabuhay ka President Duterte and your Allies! Mabuhay Philippines! God Bless SA ating last! Merry Christmas ! Enjoy your holiday!!!!!!
ha balikan? ano yan VIP service?one way lang yan,sila na bahala sa pag balik nila sa HK po.
yan ang presidente may tapang at malasakit….
4 sure nmn balikan yung pagtransport sa mga nastranded..pero ung kaso itutuloy parin pagsampa para mapanagot ang travel agency na yan..mlaking perwisyo sa mga OFW na mgbabaksyon nbawasan pa ung araw nila..Gobless Mr. Pres.Merry Christmas &Happy New Year.
Thank you Mr.President Duterte for helping us coz we help you be the number one and landslide votes during election
this extra~ordinary and bold gesture of the government under the helm of President Duterte with the able assistance of DOLE Secretary Bello to help our stranded OFWs at whatever cost to bring them home before Christmas in the Philippines to be with their families where some have planned and prepared this momentous occasion even a year ago hand in hand with their loves one in PH is a WINDOW SHOWCASE to the world especially before the host government IN HK that we CARE SO MUCH our KABABAYANS "OFW"…KUDOS PO SIRs!
They must find a way.At least they can be with their family,that matters most!????????????
but how about when they need to go back to hongkong? who will gonna provide them a ticket back to there work?..