DFA Convenes Inter-Agency Conference on Plans for OFWs in the Middle-East

08 January 2020 — DFA convenes an Inter-Agency Command Conference on the Situation in the Middle East yesterday, after President Duterte ordered gov't agencies to draw up emergency plans for OFWs in the Middle East amidst increasing tensions in the region. Led by Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Lou Y. Arriola, the Conference was attended by representatives from the Office of the President, House of Representatives-Office of the Speaker, Department of National Defense, Armed Forces of the Philippines, National Security Council, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Transportation, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, and Office of Civil Defense. END