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The Filipino seaman, who arrived Tuesday night at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on board a China Southern flight from Xiamen, described his arrest in Zhengen in 1999 and his subsequent conviction as "very unfortunate," saying he was at the "wrong place at the wrong time."


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Eighty-four overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) doing time in Kuwait jails will make it home to spend Christmas with their families, the Department of the Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.


Part of a batch of 116 workers facing various minor charges in Kuwait, the OFWs will be repatriated following negotiations between the Philippine embassy and Kuwaiti authorities, the DFA said.


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Ople said Chinese Supreme Court vice president Jiang Xingchang agreed to free Rizalde Astrolabio, 40, "to underscore the good relations with the Philippines and as a humanitarian gesture."


Astrolabio will be freed on parole as soon as administrative procedures are completed, Ople said, although he could not give a specific date. 


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Pinoy gob back from 3-year incarceration in China

By Rey Arquiza | December 26, 2002 - 12:00am

A tearful but a happy reunion with his family awaits 43-year-old Rizalde de la Cruz Astrolabio when he flies today to his hometown in Roxas City after his three-year incarceration for homicide in China. The Filipino...

Nation

84 Pinoys jailed in Kuwaiti jails will be home for Christmas season

By Aurea Calica | December 25, 2002 - 12:00am

Home for the holidays. Eighty-four overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) doing time in Kuwait jails will make it home to spend Christmas with their families, the Department of the Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. Part...

Headlines

China to free Pinoy convict

November 28, 2002 - 12:00am

China has acceded to a Philippine request to free an ailing Filipino seaman just three and a half years into his 10-year prison sentence, Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople said yesterday. Ople said Chinese Supreme...

Nation