00:00The OFWs are in the process of releasing the return boxes to the Bureau of Customs and the law that advocates for the rights and protection of the OFWs.
00:11The group requested this. Here is the report.
00:17After the farewell of a Filipino relative in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia because of a murder case,
00:24a Filipino relative is on the death row. This is according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
00:30According to the DFA, there are 83 more Filipinos on the death row in different countries,
00:35most of whom are involved in illegal drugs and theft.
00:39Of these, 56 are in Malaysia, while others are in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, USA, Japan, and Brunei.
00:53Because of this, the OFW partylist emphasized that the diplomatic ties and bilateral labor agreements in other countries should be strengthened
01:02so that the OFWs can be protected.
01:05We are pushing for a very good legal assistance for them.
01:10We are also forcing them to know that while they are waiting for the verdicts of the cases,
01:18they will be able to live in their prisons.
01:21Just last week, 47 Filipinos and 2 defendants arrived at IA Terminal 1.
01:28They are the people who availed of the voluntary repatriation program of the government after being trapped in Lebanon.
01:36In total, 525 OFWs and 30 defendants returned to the Philippines from Lebanon.
01:43If you think that there is no hope for now, you can come back again.
01:49Let's not waste our lives.
01:52Meanwhile, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is already in Indonesia to attend the inauguration of President-elect Prabowo Subianto.
01:59That's why the group called on the new leader of Indonesia to listen to the appeal of the Philippines
02:06so that our countryman, Mary Jane Veloso, will be acquitted from the death penalty.
02:11We hope that President-elect Ferdinand R. Marcos will get what he wants for our countryman, Mary Jane.
02:19Resolving the issue of return boxes was also discussed.
02:23According to the OFW Partylist, they will continue to consult the Bureau of Customs
02:29to speed up the process of releasing the return boxes.
02:33They also promised to punish those involved in the anomaly.
02:38They also warned the OFWs of the so-called smugglers or those who send luggage.
02:44There needs to be a stricter implementation that there will be imprisonment for the violators.
02:54For the freight forwarders, local or international freight forwarders,
02:58there will be a violation of our law that this is a blacklist.
03:04Meanwhile, the OFW APA is expected to launch a group that will surely help protect the OFWs.
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