00:00Ahead of her impending return back home, Mary-Jane Veloso inched a step closer to her miracle wish
00:06with her transfer over the weekend to Jakarta from her years of confinement in Yogyakarta, some 260 miles away.
00:14Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin confirmed the good news
00:18and expressed the Philippine government's heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to the Republic of Indonesia
00:25for its compassion and kindness in deciding to let Veloso return home after serving nearly 15 years in confinement
00:34and at least a third of it in death row status.
00:38Again, and for good measure, the people of the Philippines can never thank the Indonesian government enough
00:44for its show of understanding and goodwill for Mary-Jane's repatriation.
00:49A week and a half ago, word had it she would be back home in the old country before Christmas Day.
00:56According to the Department of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Tess Lazaro,
01:00Veloso leaves Jakarta past the midnight hour Wednesday and is expected to be on Philippine soil at 6 in the morning Wednesday.
