THE KING of Saudi Arabia has assured support to more than 11,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who lost their jobs as a result of the crisis in Gulf states brought about by the drop in world fuel prices.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd on Tuesday disclosed that Saudi King Salman bin Abulaziz Al Saud had instructed the kingdom’s Ministry of Labor to facilitate welfare assistance to the jobless OFWs stranded in Jeddah and Riyadh.

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