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00:00Meanwhile, 18 people were killed and almost 100 were injured in the latest Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon last night.
00:08This is part of the ongoing clash between Israel and the Hezbollah group.
00:12And regarding the situation in Lebanon, let's listen to the Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Kakdak.
00:19Good morning to you, Secretary. This is Maris. We are live on Unang Balita.
00:23Good morning, Ms. Maris and to you, listeners and viewers.
00:27Secretary, last night, there was another airstrike by Israel in Lebanon.
00:34Do we have fellow countrymen who were injured there?
00:39Do we have fellow countrymen in that area where the airstrike took place?
00:44We hope it stays that way.
00:57Okay. So as of now, we are still in contact with the Filipinos there.
01:02And yesterday, when we spoke to you in Malacanang, you said that the Filipinos are safe and sound.
01:08Our fellow countrymen in the shelters continue to be safe.
01:11Are there still many Filipinos in the shelters?
01:13Yes. We have 178 Filipinos in the shelters.
01:21We have four shelters in Beirut.
01:26And we have enough capacity to receive more.
01:32That's why we are asking our fellow countrymen to help us.
01:37And we will give them a helping hand.
01:40Secretary, yesterday in your press briefing, you said that we have booked commercial flights from October 11 to October 28.
01:48Are our fellow countrymen still going to return to our country today?
01:57Yes, yes. Our fellow countrymen continue to prepare and book flights.
02:10There are 213 travel-ready as of this hour.
02:16And we also have flight arrivals later this weekend.
02:25Yesterday, I mentioned that there are less than 11 flights this weekend.
02:35That will be added with more or less shams.
02:41So we are expecting around 20 this weekend.
02:45Alright, so not 11.
02:47We also talked to some Filipinos who still don't want to go home.
02:52Does President Bongbong Marcos have an order if the situation is like that?
02:57If the situation is that they don't want to go home, we will continue to encourage them to do so.
03:07We can see it with our own eyes, in the news.
03:12In Beirut, for example, in our migrant workers' office, we can see the explosions in and around Beirut.
03:23So we have a continuous encouragement.
03:27We mentioned that they don't have to worry.
03:30Our President's order is to help them in their return.
03:35There is financial assistance that the government is giving.
03:40There is livelihood and employment facilitation and training, free training from TESLA.
03:47The financial assistance is P150,000.
03:50That is enough for four to six months while they are preparing for livelihood or employment.
04:01Alright. Thank you very much, DMW Secretary Hans Leo Kakdak.
04:05We will continue to report on the situation there in Lebanon.
04:09Take care.
04:10Thank you. God bless.
04:12God bless.