MANILA, Philippines -- Ninety-one of the 427 passengers of Philippine Airlines that will fly back to Manila are overseas Filipino workers from Kuwait who were stranded in Thailand during their connecting flight on the way home, Philippine Ambassador to Thailand Antonio Rodriguez told INQUIRER.net late Saturday.In a long-distance interview, he said 138 others wanted to join the first PAL flight out of Thailand after anti-government protesters took over the airport last Tuesday, but could not be accommodated. Rodriguez said he expects PAL to send another plane on Tuesday to accommodate the 138 and other passengers. The ambassador said the air fare for the OFWs was shouldered by the Philippine government. "They are the priority…They have been stranded here (in Bangkok) since November 25," he said. Rodriguez said the rest of the passengers are PAL ticket holders, who may not be Filipinos. "This is a commercial flight," he clarified. "The flight is fully subscribed and the priority is to PAL ticket holders." The ambassador, who will join the convoy of 10 buses that will take the passengers to Chiang Mai, said they will leave at around 5 a.m. because the land trip is 10 hours long. Of Cebu Pacific, Rodriguez said he was informed that the airline has told the Department of Foreign Affairs that it will send a plane for its stranded passengers without specifying the date and the place of embarkation. As of Sunday, he said, 515 Filipinos registered with the Philippine embassy for assistance in going home. | 
