PH Consulate General in Manado Repatriates Filipino Survivors of Sunken Boat

Philippine Consul General to Manado Angelica C. Escalona and Consulate personnel send off the repatriates at Manado’s Sam Ratulangi Airport.  The Consul General asked about their experience and reminded them to undertake the necessary health precautions to ensure their safe travel back to the Philippines. (Manado PCG photo)

MANADO 15 March 2022 — The Philippine Consulate General in Manado facilitated the repatriation of seven Filipinos who survived the sinking of their boat off Tahuna Island, North Sulawesi in October 2021. The repatriates safely arrived in Manila on 12 March 2022.

The Consulate personnel visited them regularly in their billeting quarters in immigration facilities and delivered food and necessities, while they await clearance from Indonesian immigration authorities for the repatriation.

Philippine Consul General to Manado Angelica C. Escalona and team sent off the Filipinos at the Sam Ratulangi Airport in Manado, where they boarded a flight for Jakarta to Manila.

Philippine authorities will assist the Filipinos to their final destination, General Santos City.  END

Mr. Carlo A. Pinero and Mr. J. Lawrence R. Deus of the Philippine Consulate (left and 2nd from left) picking up the repatriates from the immigration facility in Manado. (Manado PCG photo)

Philippine Consulate translator Franco Rolando Mawu (right) assisting the repatriates to check-in. (Manado PCG photo)

Waiting for the boarding of the repatriates’ flight to Jakarta. (Manado PCG photo)

Consul General Angelica C. Escalona, Mr. Carlo A. Pinero, Mr. Francisco Nunez and Mr. J. Lawrence R. Deus of the Philippine Consulate sending off the repatriates at the gate. (Manado PCG photo)

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