25 Pinoys stranded in Thailand safe - DFA

MANILA, Philippines - About 25 Filipinos remain stranded in Thailand after protesters shut down the Bangkok International Airport amid an escalation in the four-month campaign to oust the prime minister.

In an interview on radio dzBB, Philippine Ambassador to Thailand Antonio Rodriguez said the Philippine embassy is attending to the 25 Filipinos who are currently staying in hotels near the airport after they were left behind by their flights back to the Philippines last Tuesday.

“Meron tayong humigit kumulang na dalawampu na nasa Twin Towers Hotel…At tsaka merong lima sa Novotel. Yung 20 dun, 18 yung naiwan ng Cebu Pacific sa Manila . Yung dalawa [naiwan] ng PAL [Philippine Airlines Flight] the same day," Rodriguez said.

(We have about 20 Filipinos in the Twin Towers Hotel. The other five are staying at the Novotel. Of the 20 Filipinos, 18 were left by their Cebu Pacific Flights to Manila . The other two were left by a PAL flight during the same day.)


Except for the 25 Filipinos stranded in the airport, the other Filipinos in Thailand are in relatively good condition, Rodriquez assured. He added that it is “business as usual" in Thailand as protestors from the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) are only targeting the government offices.

The official said that that the Philippine Embassy personnel were allowed Wednesday by the People’s Alliance for Democracy protestors to enter Thailand ’s main international airport to look for the stranded Filipinos.

"Kahapon nang pinayagan kaming pumasok, may checkpoint ang People's Alliance for Democracy sa airport, nang pumasok ang van sa embassy, may dalawang empleyadong ginalugad ang airport, nahanap namin lahat (On Wednesday the protesters allowed us to enter the airport compound.

Two of our personnel searched the airport for Filipinos and found them)," Rodriguez said.

In the interview, Rodriguez also said that Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat already arrived at the country and entered through the Chiang Mai airport after attending the Asia-Pacific summit in Peru. - Sophia Dedace, GMANews.TV

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