by Redjie Cawis

BAGUIO CITY, Tuesday March 22 - At least 128 overseas Filipino workers from the Cordillera Region are still in the conflict-torn country of Libya as reported by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration here.
OWWA Cordillera regional director Evelyn Laranang said she had talked with relatives of these OFWs and they reported that some OFWs are in areas that are not affected by the conflict in Libya. She said that they are in areas and provinces away from Benghazi and Tripoli that are the center of tension in Libya.


 Although government is trying its best to bring home all the OFWs in Libya, some still want to stay in Libya.
 There are also reported nurses and other OFWs in the medical field that are in Bengahzi but they refuse to go home and are helping victims of the war in hospitals there.


 Laranang said that there are 321 OFWs from the Cordillera and 193 already repatriated back to the country. She added that the OWWA has been giving financial assistance of P10,000 to OFWs displaced in Libya.
 Laranang said that the OWWA has already repatriated at least 8,000 OFWs nationwide. (PIA CAR)