Francis then messaged: “May boom boom po Sir sa paligid but flight is on schedule.” He said he could not tell if shells were landing inside the airport complex but the point of impact, according to him, was somewhere near as he could feel the ground shaking. A few hours ago, we said goodbye to … Continue reading Repatriation via Mitiga
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The Search for the Missing
Shortly before leaving Manila for Tripoli in 2019, we met with the family members of four Filipino oil workers who have been missing and presumed dead since they were abducted by Islamic State extremists in southern Libya on 6 March 2015. We met them at the conference room of the Office of the Undersecretary for … Continue reading The Search for the Missing
DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONTLINE 