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Tuesday, June 06, 2006
More Filipinos in East Timor due to return to RP
THE Armed Forces on Sunday dispatched one of its transport-cargo aircraft to strife-torn East Timor to fetch at least 48 Filipino workers ordered repatriated due to intermittent violence there.
Air Force spokesman Augusto dela Peña said the C-130 aircraft left the Air Force headquarters in Villamor Air Base in Pasay City at around 10 p.m. for Darwin airport in Australia where it will be making a short stopover.
From Darwin, the aircraft would proceed to Dili airport in East Timor to pick up the Filipino workers. Military officials expect that the aircraft would be in Dili anytime Monday.
"We (Air Force) received orders that we will evacuate 48 Filipinos from East Timor," said Dela Peña. However, the official could not ascertain when the aircraft would be back to Manila with the Filipino workers.
Filipino workers started leaving East Timor after Chief Inspector Edgar Layon, one of the Filipino soldiers dispatched there to help maintain peace and order was injured in a shooting incident in Dili last May 25.
Last May 28, some 65 Filipino overseas workers were repatriated from East Timor on board a C-130 aircraft. They were met at the Villamor Air Base by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and top foreign affairs officials. (VR/Sunnex)
(June 6, 2006 issue)
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