Philippines to evacuate citizens from Lebanon

02.08.2006 02:39

So far, the government has flown home about 2,200 Filipinos, most of them from southern Lebanon, including the biggest batch yet of 447 workers who arrived on a flight chartered by the International Organization for Migration early Wednesday.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, the most senior Cabinet official, told reporters that Arroyo ordered a mandatory evacuation of all Filipinos. So far, the order had applied only to south Lebanon, the AP reports.

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