by MRT/PE/KBK/VS, GMA News
Nearly 1,500 overseas Filipino workers have been evacuated from Libya as of late Saturday and are now in nearby countries waiting for flights back to the Philippines, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.Most of 1,491 OFWs came from Benghazi, Libya's second largest city, which has been taken over by anti-government forces, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said in an article on the government portal.
