Priest: Pinoys in Libya forced to eat only 1 meal a day

Filipinos in strife-torn Libya are reduced to eating only one meal a day, a Franciscan priest lamented on Thursday. "The OFWs in Tripoli limited their food consumption and eating only one meal a day," Franciscan priest Pete Montellan said in an article posted on the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) news site. Citing reports from his colleagues in Libya, Montellan also urged the Philippine Embassy in Libya to speed up its efforts in sending the necessary assistance to the OFWs trapped there. The priest expressed concern that the situation could get worse if the administration would arm its civilian population. “Based on the information we received from our Franciscans (based in Libya) it appeared that the assistance rendered by the government was slow. It was really slow," he said. Montellana also said priests in Libya reported the Filipinos had to fend for themselves amid a food shortage. – VVP, GMA News