{"id":97732,"date":"2017-04-10T02:36:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T06:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=97732"},"modified":"2017-04-10T02:36:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T06:36:12","slug":"dfa-orders-mandatory-repatriation-of-ofws-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/10\/dfa-orders-mandatory-repatriation-of-ofws-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"DFA orders mandatory repatriation of OFWs in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_97734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97734\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15940681_742460502575453_1197111147204637629_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97734\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15940681_742460502575453_1197111147204637629_n.jpg\" alt=\"The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has raised alert level 4 in Syria, which means mandatory repatriation of overseas Filipino workers, due to worsening situation there, DFA spokesperson Asst. Secretary Charles Jose said Monday. (Photo:  Department of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Philippines\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15940681_742460502575453_1197111147204637629_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15940681_742460502575453_1197111147204637629_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15940681_742460502575453_1197111147204637629_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15940681_742460502575453_1197111147204637629_n-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has raised alert level 4 in Syria, which means mandatory repatriation of overseas Filipino workers, due to worsening situation there, DFA spokesperson Asst. Secretary Charles Jose said Monday. (Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Philippines\/ Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has raised alert level 4 in Syria, which means mandatory repatriation of overseas Filipino workers, due to worsening situation there, DFA spokesperson Asst. Secretary Charles Jose said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The DFA also said no Filipino was hurt in last week\u2019s chemical attack in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not received report of any Filipino to be among the casualties in the chemical attack in Syria,&#8221; Jose said..<\/p>\n<p>However, Jose said the 1,400 remaining Filipinos in Syria refused to leave the war-torn state after their employers offered to triple their salaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Embassy will assist whoever would like to return to the Philippines,\u201d the incoming Ambassador to Malaysia pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>More than 80 people have been killed in a suspected chemical attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun in northwestern Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Reports claimed that hundreds suffered symptoms consistent with reaction to a nerve agent after what the opposition and Western powers said was a Syrian government air strike on the area on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian military denied using any chemical agents while its ally Russia said an air strike hit a rebel depot full of chemical munitions.<\/p>\n<p>Activists and witnesses sa wwarplanes attacked Khan Sheikhoun, about 50km (30 miles) south of the city of Idlib, early on Tuesday, when many people were asleep.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has raised alert level 4 in Syria, which means mandatory repatriation of overseas Filipino &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":97734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[204,971,2248],"class_list":["post-97732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-dfa","tag-ofw","tag-syria","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}