The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said that the government is finding a way for the abducted overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Libya to continue receiving their monthly salary through their respective recruitment agencies.
Labor secretary Silvestre Bello III said that the labor department has tasked the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to coordinate with the recruitment agencies and set up a deal regarding the continued salary to help the families of the OFWs, reported Business Mirror.
Aside from the salary, the wives of the OFWs will also receive other financial, livelihood, and logistic assistance from the government including scholarship offers for their children.
In July, three Filipino nationals and one Korean national were abducted while working at a water plant in south eastern Libya.
A video released by The Libya Observer shows the abducted foreign nationals crying for help from the Philippine and Korean government.
The four abducted men are lined up sharing a bottle of water while being guarded by a masked armed man behind them.
In response, President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, August 7, created a team of Filipino officials to secure their release.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque revealed that among the members of the team are Bello, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, presidential adviser on overseas Filipino workers concerns Abdullah Mama-o, and Mindanao Development Authority Secretary Datu Abul Khayr Dangcal Alonto.
