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PAL ready to evacuate OFWs Local Philippines News In English
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s flag carrier, Philippine Airlines (PAL), is ready to organize special flights to evacuate thousands of Filipinos in South Korea as North Korea warned Friday that planned United States-South Korean military drills are pushing the peninsula to the brink of war.
PAL President Jaime Bautista said they offered the assistance in the contingency preparations during a meeting with Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. And other senior government officials in Malacañang.
Philippines impounds North Korean boat under new UN sanctions:
The 6,830-tonne cargo ship Jin Teng will not be allowed to leave Subic port, north-east of the capital Manila, where it had been docked for three days and its crew will be deported, presidential spokesman Manolo Quezon said Ref. Source 4p.