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2 Pinays from Gaddafi household back home


Following their rescue earlier this week, two Filipino household helpers of a nephew of deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi finally returned home to the Philippines Saturday. Diana Jill Rivera, 30, and Mary Ann Ducos Almario, 29, shed tears of joy upon their arrival, according to a report by radio dzBB's Glen Juego. The report said the flight bearing the two former household helpers arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 4:20 p.m. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration head Carmelita Dimzon welcomed Rivera and Almario, who said they were happy to be home.
Two rescued, two remain Earlier this week, Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said the two were whisked from their employer's household without bringing any of their belongings. He said the two were brought to Tunisia, where they waited for a flight to Manila. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Rivera is from Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, while Almario is from San Agustin, Isabela. “Like all the other Libyan repatriates, the DOLE will provide Rivera and Almario a cash incentive of P10,000 each. They will also receive other forms of assistance from the government, such as free pyscho-social counseling and medical examination," Baldoz said. The DOLE said two other OFWs, Raquel Collantes and Zenaida Labuyuen, remain in the Gaddafi household and "have expressed desire to come home" but the DOLE did not elaborate. — ELR, GMA News

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