MALACAÑANG has approved the proposal of the Foreign Affairs and Labor departments to bring home about 1,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in Hong Kong after they were allegedly duped by their travel agency.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said President Rodrigo Duterte approved the plan he and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd put together on Wednesday to assist the stranded OFWs, who were defrauded by the travel agency where they bought their tickets.

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