DFA reminds OFWs in Libya on ‘last’ ship

Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Thursday said the Philippine government will stop renting ships to repatriate overseas Filipino workers from Libya, citing refusal by some OFWs to leave Benghazi at the last minute for the return to Manila.

“There will be no ship after this. It’s difficult . . . We don’t have the number to be able to support another ship,” del Rosario noted at the sidelines of the Asean High-Level Conference on Assistance for the Recovery of Yolanda-Affected Areas held in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City (Metro Manila).