Sara offers office to help agencies assisting Filipinos trapped in Mideast crisis
Vice President Sara Duterte says her office is open to helping the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Migrant Workers on assisting Filipinos who trapped in the ongoing tensions in the Middle East. In a press briefing in Pampanga on June 25, 2025, the vice president criticized the Marcos administration for being slow in helping Filipinos trapped in the crossfire and described its foreign policy as leaning too much on the US.
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00:00Well, we are ready to, as with, we are ready to support the Senators with regard to LGBTQIA laws.
00:09We are ready to support the DFA, the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Department of Migrant Workers.
00:17Kung ano man yung pwede namin gawin, abot ng makakaya ng Office of the Vice President para makatulong sa kanilang repatriation efforts ng mga Pilipino na nandoon sa mga bansa na apektado, Iran, Israel, at yung mga karating bansa.
00:41Well, it's a little too late. Too little too late pala. Too little too late. Too little too late again.
00:51Dapat kasi the moment na nag-release na ng missiles or nag-launch na ng missiles ay meron ng plano kung ano ang gagawin para sa mga Pilipino na gustong lumikas.
01:09Hindi yung aantayin pa kung kailan sarado na yung borders, nawawala na yung, nagka-cancel na ng flights, ang mga airspaces doon sa bansa na malapit sa kaguluhan.
01:25So, dapat kasi nagplano. Hindi naman, ano yun, surprise yun. Alam naman natin lahat na mangyayari yun kasi nagsabi na sila, silang dalawa na mag-aaway sila.
01:41Yung dalawang bansa ba, nagsasabi na sila. Kaya hindi siya sorpresa sa buong mundo.
01:50Saka yung pagtaas ng presyo ng krudo, hindi din nakakagulat yun sa ganun na pangyayari sa Middle East.
02:04Lagi yan kapag merong sitwasyon doon sa Middle East, laging apekto talaga ang presyo ng krudo.
02:12Kaya dapat meron na rin plano doon.
02:16Mahirap lang naman pagplanuhan yung mga surprises eh.
02:20Yung mga alam na natin na mangyayari, dapat plug and play na lang yun eh.
02:26Pag nangyayari na ganito yung gagawin, mabilis yung galaw at mabilis yung action.
