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‘Air DMW’: Gov’t Repatriation Flights for OFWs in Middle East Continue

Nearly 1,100 overseas Filipino workers and dependents have been repatriated by government-chartered flights amid Middle East conflict, with operations ongoing as safety remains a priority.

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MANILA, Philippines — Government-arranged flights that will bring home distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFW) from war-torn zones in the Middle East will continue, according to Malacañang. “The instructions of the President are clear: to keep the humanitarian airlift going. So this ‘Air DMW’ of Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac will carry on,” Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said in a statement on Wednesday. The third g…

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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will welcome the repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at Villamor Airbase as part of his five-day program today. The event is aimed at showing the government's support and care amid the ongoing situation in the Middle East. Before that, the president will also lead the 129th anniversary of the Philippine Army at Fort Bonifacio, where he will be joined by officers and s…

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The Filipino Times broke the news in on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
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