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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1728952660168463224917_1094565422038037_7139888235903684385_n.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em>Bongbong Marcos Facebook page </em></span></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday thanked United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed for pardoning 143 Filipinos, saying that the “generous” act brought “relief to many families.”</p><p>Marcos Jr. did not say which crimes the 143 Filipinos were convicted of and what sentences they were facing in the UAE, but noted that he conveyed the message through a phone call in Malacañang.</p><p>“I expressed my gratitude for the kindness extended to them, particularly their generous pardon of 143 Filipinos, which has brought relief to many families,” Marcos Jr. said in a social media post.</p><p>“Our nations share strong bonds, rooted in the values and aspirations of our peoples, and I look forward to strengthening this partnership in the years ahead,” he said.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/4/marcos-receives-uae-foreign-minister-in-malacanang-1657">Marcos receives UAE Foreign Minister in Malacanang</a></div><p>The Filipino leader also thanked his Emirati counterpart for the aid they sent to typhoon victims in the Philippines.</p><p>“I extended to him my heartfelt thanks for the UAE’s humanitarian aid in the wake of the recent typhoons and floods that struck the Philippines,” Marcos said.</p><p>Of the 2.16 million overseas Filipino workers listed in 2023, 13.6 percent worked in the UAE, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/19/3-filipinos-killed-2-others-injured-after-massive-flooding-in-uae-2215">3 Filipinos killed, 2 others injured in UAE floods</a></div><p>From January to July 2024, OFW remittances reached $21.5 billion, according to data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.</p><p>Of this amount, 4.2 percent was from Filipino workers in the UAE, data showed.</p>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. thanked United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed for pardoning 143 Filipinos, saying that the “generous” act brought “relief to many families.”</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. thanked United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed for pardoning 143 Filipinos, saying that the “generous” act brought “relief to many families.”

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Marcos thanks UAE for pardoning 143 Filipinos

Katrina Domingo,

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Published October 15, 2024 08:48 AM PHT

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