Filipino Community in Egypt Ready for Evacuation

[pioneer]

The Filipino community in Egypt, in coordination with the Philippine embassy in the capital city of Cairo, has fine-tuned its contingencies in case the current situation in the city worsens and forced Filipinos to evacuate, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) assured on Monday.

For days now, mainly young Egyptians have been holding protest rallies against the current government of President Mubarak, demanding that he resign after about 30 years at the helm.

The DFA headquarters itself mobilized a 24-hour hotline (phone 834-4580) so that anxious relatives could inquire and keep abreast of the latest developments in the Middle East.

Embassy officials were scheduled to meet community leaders on Monday and ensure that they are safe as well as finalize joint contingency plans that include the determination of relocation centers and prepared routes for exit and other logistics, according to DFA officials at a press conference.

Enrico Fos, DFA Special Assistant for migrant workers affairs, left Monday for Egypt to help the embassy with the implementation of contingency measures.

Completing the contingency team are Consul General Ezzedin Tago, who will fly into Cairo from his home base in Riyadh, and Special Envoy to the Middle East Roy Cimatu.

The embassy has begun a phone brigade with the community, wherein Filipinos call and check on known compatriots and establish their whereabouts. This would ensure that members are all accounted for.

According to the embassy’s Eduardo Pablo Maglaya, the protests appear not to pose any imminent danger to Filipinos and that there has been no report of any attack of foreigners in general.

Still, the embassy advised Filipinos to stay indoors, steer clear of public places especially sites of mass protests and avoid political actions.

The DFA said it has set aside P25 million of its own emergency funds for the Egypt crisis, adding that the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) have also committed their agencies for additional standby funds.

Under the amended Migrant Workers Act, the amount of P100 million in emergency repatriation funds administered by OWWA, can be used for such crisis, DFA Undersecretary Esteban Conejos stated. - source: PNA

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[hubag bohol]

Maayo gani kay di kaayo daghan ang mga Pinoy didto.

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[hubag bohol]

26 Pinoys in Egypt homebound

abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 02/03/2011 12:18 PM | Updated as of 02/03/2011 12:18 PM


MANILA, Philippines – Twenty-six Filipinos are homebound on Saturday after they expressed their intentions to be repatriated following the ongoing political crisis in Egypt.

According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesman Ed Malaya, the Filipinos will depart Cairo International Airport on Saturday, February 5, for the Philippines.

“They will comprise the first batch in the voluntary repatriation being conducted by the Philippine Embassy in Cairo and the DFA in view of the on-going crisis in Egypt,” Malaya said in a text message to abs-cbnNEWS.com on Thursday.

Malaya said the Philippine government is focused on ensuring the safety and security of Filipinos, and will repatriate those who would like to come home.

He earlier said the DFA sees no need for a mandatory evacuation of the more than 6,500 Filipinos based in Egypt. Nevertheless, the DFA has offered to move to safer areas or bring home those who feel that their lives are at risk in Egypt.

Malaya said that the DFA is looking at 2 scenarios of voluntary evacuation: repatriate Filipinos by air or transport them to the Israeli or Jordanian borders.


http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/02/03/11/26-pinoys-egypt-homebound


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[taga tigbao]

Mao ra jud ni ahong tan-awon nga balita kanunay sa Al Jazeera channel. Gabie ngilngig kaajo ang street fight between sa pro ug anti Mobarak. Misamot ug kagubot.

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[hubag bohol]

Di ba kaha ni maparehas sa Edsa...

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[taga tigbao]

Di ba kaha ni maparehas sa Edsa...

Murag dili kay kusog man pud ang pro-Mubarak protesters sa pagpakgang sa mga anti-Mubarak.

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[hubag bohol]

Murag dili kay kusog man pud ang pro-Mubarak protesters sa pagpakgang sa mga anti-Mubarak.

Hmm, let's see the scattered diay kon maohon... 

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[hubag bohol]

Usa sa angay bantayan ani karon, kon unsa na pud kaha ang papel sa mga Kano...

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[taga tigbao]

Usa sa angay bantayan ani karon, kon unsa na pud kaha ang papel sa mga Kano...

Tig condemn at the same time tigtago ni Mubarak. Ang pangutana ani kung unsay mahitabo sa Egypt after sa revolution. Mahimo ba ning Islamic State? Kay ang Muslim Brotherhood nga org active sa protest. Unsa na unjay mahitabo sa Israel? Gubat na pud ni.

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[hubag bohol]

Tig condemn at the same time tigtago ni Mubarak. Ang pangutana ani kung unsay mahitabo sa Egypt after sa revolution. Mahimo ba ning Islamic State? Kay ang Muslim Brotherhood nga org active sa protest. Unsa na unjay mahitabo sa Israel? Gubat na pud ni.

Ang millitary ra ba jud tingali ang crucial factor ani. Pero morag di madalidali nang imong gipaabot nga gubat, Bay Tigs... 

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[taga tigbao]

Ang millitary ra ba jud tingali ang crucial factor ani. Pero morag di madalidali nang imong gipaabot nga gubat, Bay Tigs... 

Hahahaha. With Mubarak vowing not to step down, aw madugay pa jud ni. Wa ko kakita sa interview ni Mubarak with ABC Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. Maajo pud ug rason si Mubarak nganong wa sija monaog sa. Dili sija gusto nga magkagubot ug samot ang Egypt.

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[hubag bohol]

Hahahaha. With Mubarak vowing not to step down, aw madugay pa jud ni. Wa ko kakita sa interview ni Mubarak with ABC Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. Maajo pud ug rason si Mubarak nganong wa sija monaog sa. Dili sija gusto nga magkagubot ug samot ang Egypt.

Ang mga sugarol karon nagpustaanay na kon hangtod kanus-a molahutay nis Mubarak...

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[hubag bohol]

Obama calls for political transition in Egypt  

By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER 
02/05/2011 07:22

WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama indicated Friday that initial discussions over a transition process had begun to move forward in Egypt, as he called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to listen to the people and consult with his advisers about changing the current way of government.

“Going back to the old ways is not going to work. Suppression is not going to work.  Engaging in violence is not going to work,” Obama said during a press availability with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. “He [Mubarak] needs to listen to what’s being voiced by the Egyptian people and make a judgment about a pathway forward that is orderly, but that is meaningful and serious.”

Obama described Mubarak as “proud, but he’s also a patriot,” and challenged him by saying, “the key question he should be asking himself is, how do I leave a legacy behind in which Egypt is able to get through this transformative period? And my hope is, is that he will end up making the right decision.”

Obama noted that “some discussions have begun” and that the US is “consulting widely with the international community to communicate our strong belief that a successful and orderly transition much be meaningful.”


More at: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=206871

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[Lorenzo]

I think it would be in the best interest for the United States to stay out of Egypt's political quagmire right now. Obama should focus on the failing American economy, lest he pledges more billions of our tax payer money to be sent abroad...

Fix our homefront first before entangling ourselves further in foreign affairs.

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[taga tigbao]

Maglisud ug bija si Obama sa Egypt.

Nakakita ko ganiha sa ijahang interview sa fox news, earlier he was calling for a trnasaition of power in Egypt, but now he is softening his stand on Mubarak's stepping down as the president. Ingon sija, ITS UP TO MUBARAK na daw to ensure an orderly transition.

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[Lorenzo]

tsk, tsk luoy pood

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