Manila, May 18 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to deliver services and interventions to thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by tensions in the Middle East.

As of May 18, the DSWD has successfully provided services and interventions to 4,398 repatriated and stranded OFWs, releasing a combined PHP7.77 million in various forms of assistance.

Of the total served, 3,989 were repatriated, while 409 were stranded OFWs.

"We are assuring our returning kababayans (countrymen) that the government is fully equipped to assist them in their reintegration, at ang tuloy-tuloy na paghahatid ng tulong na ito ay alinsunod sa utos ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr na siguruhing ligtas ang ating mga...