Defense Senior Undersecretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said that additional sites under the Edca can serve as “evacuation points” for OFWs if regional tensions will require their repatriation. | JEMendozaINQ
“As part of our efforts to prepare to respond to contingencies, the four additional Edca sites are expected to serve as points for the evacuation of overseas Filipino workers in the event of a flare-up in the region’s flashpoints,” the officer-in-charge of the Department of National Defense said.
His remarks came a week after Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian “advised” the Philippines to just “unequivocally oppose” Taiwan’s independence “rather than stoking the fire” by offering the US access to Philippine military bases near the Taiwan Strait “if you care genuinely about the 150,000 OFWs.”
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