Contingency plans for the massive repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remain in place as the situation in the Middle East is still unstable, Malacañang said on Monday. “We are closely monitoring Kuwait, which just raised its security level to maximum last Jan. 9, 2020,” Panelo said. He advised Filipinos in Iraq and in Tripoli, Libya to contact the nearest Philippine mission to facilitate their mandatory evacuation. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said a company-sized contingent would be deployed to the Middle East to assist in the evacuation of OFWs. Lorenzana said the contingent would sail on the Philippine Navy’s BRP Gregorio del Pilar and the BRP Davao del Sur to the Middle East.

Source: Manila Times January 13, 2020 19:44 UTC