Friday, February 25, 2011

1,000 FILIPINOS STRANDED IN SAHARA DESERT, KIN SAY


By Jerry E. Esplanada, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Stranded in the middle of the Sahara Desert and running out of food and water, about 1,000 Filipinos working for the Waha Oil Company (WOC), Libya's second-biggest oildrilling company, are desperate to be rescued.

An appeal to this effect was relayed to the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Friday by closerelatives and friends of some of the Filipino employees.
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