The first batch of repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Iraq will have to wait longer before they could come home to the Philippines as their flight may be delayed due to the eruption of Taal Volcano, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana disclosed Monday. Lorenzana Committee on the Repatriation of Filipinos in the Middle East, said the first batch of returning OFWs- all 12 of them- from Baghdad, Iraq was schedule to depart for Doha, Qatar at 9 p.m. Monday (Baghdad time). They will arrive in Doha, Qatar at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday ,January 14.

Sadongdong, M. A. (2020, January 14). Flight of first batch of repatriated OFWs from Iraq may be stalled due to Taal eruption- Lorenzana. Manila Bulletin, pp. 1, 7.