Pinoy peacekeepers arrive from Ebola-stricken Liberia

The plane bearing 133 Filipino uniformed personnel who served as United Nations peacekeepers in Liberia arrived home Wednesday afternoon.

They are expected to be brought to Caballo Island following their arrival to be quarantined for 21 days as they came from a country severely affected by the Ebola virus.
 
A photo tweeted by GMA News' Ian Cruz showed the plane arriving at Villamor Air Base.

Families of the UN peacekeepers are at Villamor Air Base but may have to watch via live-streaming video as they could not be with them physically due to the quarantine requirement to make sure the uniformed personnel do not have the Ebola Virus Disease.

AFP Peacekeeping Operations Center chief Col. Roberto Ancan at 7:40 p.m. said in a text message: "They are aboardship and having dinner."
 
Last week, President Benigno Aquino III said Caballo Island, an island near Corregidor, will be home for three weeks of the 138 peacekeepers.
 
As the AFP's commander-in-chief, Aquino ordered the return to the country of the peacekeepers upon learning of the spread of Ebola virus in Liberia, one of the countries hardest hit by the disease.
 
Caballo Island, located 2.6 miles east of Corregidor, will have three to four doctors to monitor their condition.
 
It will have facilities for water desalination, power, and recreation.  Joel Locsin/NB, GMA News

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