LABOR Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd has left for Saudi Arabia for a special mission: to bring home more than 9,000 Filipinos who lost their jobs as a result of the economic crisis triggered by the drop in oil prices.

Bello was accompanied by officials from the Department of Health, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Public Attorney’s Office and Department of Foreign Affairs.

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