MANILA, Philippines – A total of 55 stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are set to arrive on Friday evening in Manila from Papua New Guinea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.

The government’s evacuation program for overseas Filipino workers in Syria remains in “full swing,” with the repatriation on Thursday of another 26 OFWs from the strife-torn Middle East country, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.

4 May 2012 - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) through the Philippine Embassy in Port Moresby will repatriate 55 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in Manus, Papua New Guinea. Philippine Ambassador to Papua New Guinea Bienvenido V. Tejano personally oversaw the repatriation. The Embassy also arranged a special flight for the OFWs from Manus to Port Moresby. The OFWs are set to ...