Manila, Oct. 30 -- Fifty distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia received financial assistance as Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac visited the newly renovated Bahay Kalinga on Thursday.

In a news release on Friday, the DMW said each beneficiary, including 42 domestic workers and eight male skilled workers, received 750 Saudi riyals (about PHP12,700) from the agency's AKSYON Fund.

The DMW said the visit was the third leg of Cacdac's solidarity and services mission in Saudi Arabia amid the continuing tensions in the region and following the closure of King Khalid International Airport.

"The Mission complies with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s directive for the Secretary to re...