MANILA, Philippines – Hundreds of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) bound for Saudi Arabia were stranded and prevented from flying out of Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) on Friday amid confusion over the government’s deployment ban.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) said over 400 OFWs booked in two separate flights to Riyadh and Dammam were not allowed to board the aircraft.
Both planes continued the flights nearly empty at their designated departure times to carry passengers on the return leg to Manila.
PAL said the reason for the confusion was the government’s directive to temporarily suspend the deployment of OFWs to Saudi Arabia the previous day without informin…
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