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President Aquino points to a map of Libya as Executive Sec. Paquito Ochoa, Acting Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario and Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz look on. (Photo by Robert Viñas/Malacañang Photo Bureau)

Top diplomat back from Libya as 14,000 Filipinos remain unaccounted for

By Tue, Mar 01, 2011 4:20PM UTC View Comments President Aquino points to a map of Libya as Executive Sec. Paquito Ochoa, Acting Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario and Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz look on. (Photo by Robert Viñas/Malacañang Photo Bureau)

Acting Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario arrived in Manila Tuesday afternoon onboard an Emirates Airlines flight personally overseeing efforts to evacuate Filipino workers from strife-torn Libya. But about 14,000 Filipinos in Libya remain unaccounted for. The Philippines reports that 2,324 Filipino nationals have “safely exited Libya” while 473 Filipinos have been able to return...

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Filipino worker dies in Libya, says report

By Mon, Feb 28, 2011 1:08PM UTC View Comments Filipino worker dies in Libya, says report

A Filipino worker has reportedly died amid the strife in Libya, according to the Philippines’ biggest migrant Filipino alliance. Migrante International said in a statement that: Fr. Allan Arcebuche of San Francisco Catholic Church in Tripoli said that they first learned of the casualty from Filipino nurses stationed at the Jalo General Hospital in Benghazi,...

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