Mga mambabatas, kinilala ang pagsisikap ni PBBM na bigyan ng benepisyo ang displaced OFWs sa Saudi Arabia
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00:00 Because of the administration's efforts,
00:03 some OFWs have already reached out to Saudi Arabia
00:08 and are expecting compensation after almost a decade of waiting.
00:13 Bella Lesboras is back.
00:15 The young people are thankful to President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr. and other government officials
00:24 for their efforts to receive overseas Filipino workers who are in good terms with them from Saudi Arabia.
00:32 These are the OFWs who lost their jobs because their Saudi Arabian construction companies were bankrupt
00:39 in 2015 and 2016.
00:41 And on Tuesday, the President announced that the distribution of their back pay
00:47 following their agreement with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
00:51 which is worth more than 1,100 indemnity checks,
00:54 is now in process and is worth almost 870 million pesos.
00:59 The Saudi Crown Prince has promised us that they will pay our insurance claims.
01:08 This is good news for our OFWs in Saudi Arabia.
01:12 According to OFW Party List Representative Marisa Delmar Magsino,
01:16 this is good news especially for the displaced OFWs who have also waited for almost a decade.
01:22 We are thankful to the officials of our agencies for their efforts to achieve this,
01:31 especially to our beloved President Ferdinand Marquez Jr. or President Bongbong
01:39 who has been working hard to fulfill their promise to Saudi Arabia
01:46 that they will fix the back pay problem of our OFWs.
01:51 The country's party list representative Ron Salo,
01:54 who was appointed by the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs,
01:57 aside from thanking the President,
01:59 he also gave his good international and diplomatic relations to Saudi Arabia
02:04 and he became a susie to meet this success.
02:07 As the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Migrant Workers,
02:10 Senator Rafi Tulfo also introduced the President
02:13 and the Saudi Crown Prince to their concern and help to our OFWs.
02:18 Mela Las Moras for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.