An official from the National Re-integration Center for Overseas Filipino Workers (NRCO) said that programs and livelihood assistance from the agency will start anew in helping repatriate migrant workers.
The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter denied on Sunday that it has a gun keeper in their group as claimed earlier by police authorities.
Pope Francis may have thrilled the country during his visit, but his reminder to recognize migrant workers and heed their needs is yet to have its effect on government officials and recruitment agencies.
Various groups called for an impartial and independent probe following the fatal operation of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last January 25.
A Moro militant group said the PNP Special Action Force raiding team in Sunday’s bloody government operations in Mamapasano, Maguindanao took a farmer who was later found dead on a bridge with his hands tied behind his back.