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Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma

Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma

MANILA — Malacanang on Sunday renewed its call for Filipinos in Libya to repatriate themselves as the conflict there continues.

“Tinatawagan po muli ang ating mga kababayang nasa Libya at pati na rin ang kanilang mga kamag-anak dito na pagtulungan po natin ang paghikayat sa kanila na lumikas na sa lalong madaling panahon para sa kanilang kaligtasan,” said , Presidential Communication Operations Office Secretary Hermio Coloma, Jr., in a press briefing over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan.

He said Charges d’ Affaires Adelio Angelito Cruz, the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Rapid Response Team is still in Tripoli, Libya to make sure that all Filipinos in Libya returned home.

DFA confirmed last week that a Filipino construction worker was beheaded in Benghazi while a Filipina nurse was released by unidentified gunmen in Tripoli after she was abducted and raped.

Coloma is also urging the relatives of Filipinos working in Libya to coordinate with DFA here in Manila.

“Maaari din pong tumawag ang mga pamilya ng ating mga mamamayang Pilipino sa DFA 24-hour hotline at ito po ay ang mga sumusunod: 552-7105 at 834-4685 para i-rehistro ang kanilang mga kamag-anak sa Libya para sila ay mailikas at madala sa ligtas na lugar,” Coloma said.

“Maaaring kumontak ang mga Pilipino sa ating embahada sa Tripoli sa pamamagitan ng mga teleponong ito—ang prefix po ay 00218—at ang mga numero ay ang mga sumusunod: 918-244-208 / 914-370-399 / 945-348-481; at ang mga email address naman po ay tripoli.

pe@gmail.com at tripoli.pe@dfa.gov.ph,” he added.

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