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(Eagle News) — Thirteen more seafarers who were evacuated from Ukraine have arrived in the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, the seafarers who were part of the MV Ithaca Prospect crew arrived on March 26 at Clark International Airport. “The evacuation of the seafarers was a big challenge because of the need for them to disembark the ship through small boats that would bring them safely to shore,” Philippine […]
(Eagle News) — Over 400 repatriated overseas Filipino workers have arrived in the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday, March 28. According to the DFA, of those repatriated, 203 came from Macau, 53 were from Thailand, and 142 came from Vietnam. With the repatriates, according to the department, the total number of repatriates from Macau since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was 5,761. Meanwhile, the total number of repatriates from Thailand […]
(Eagle News) — More Filipinos have left Afghanistan, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Friday, Aug. 21, leaving the number of Filipinos remaining in the country to around 81. The DFA said an additional 13 Filipinos managed to leave the country, which is on alert level 4 amid what the department described as an uncertain security situation, following the Taliban’s takeover of the government. The additional 13 Filipinos who left brought the number of […]
19 more set to leave immediately (Eagle News) — Thirty-two Filipinos have so far been evacuated from Afghanistan, which is on the highest alert level 4 due to what the Department of Foreign Affairs said was the “uncertain” security situation there. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 32 Filipinos are now in Doha and are awaiting their confirmed flights to the Philippines. A group of 19 Filipinos is also set to leave immediately. The […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated over 100 Filipinos from Myanmar. The DFA said the 139 Filipinos arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Monday, via a chartered AirAsia special flight. Among those repatriated were 11 dependent children and four dependent parents, including two senior citizens, of the repatriated Filipinos who worked as professionals in Myanmar but whose contracts were affected by the COVID-19 restrictions in the country. […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has recently repatriated over 90 Filipinos from Laos and Myanmar. The DFA said the 46 Filipinos arrived in Manila from Vientiane, Laos on November 16, via Myanmar National Airlines. They were accompanied by three foreign nationals. Forty-eight Filipinos, on the other hand, were repatriated from Yangon, Myanmar on the same day. This was the eleventh repatriation flight from Myanmar since the start of the pandemic. The DFA said many […]
(Eagle News)–Fourteen more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said with the additional cases, the total confirmed COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad rose to 11,542. Four additional recoveries pushed the recovery tally to 7467. One additional death was reported, bringing the death toll to 832. The DFA said the Middle East and Africa region still had the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths–with 7530,4652 and 547, respectively. The Americas […]
(Eagle News)–Over 300 Filipinos repatriated from Lebanon arrived on Saturday, Sept. 27. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 317 Filipinos arrived on board DFA-chartered PAL flight PR8681 that landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport-Terminal 2 at 10:38 a.m. Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Chief of Presidential Protocol Robert E.A. Borje led the repatriation and goodwill mission to Lebanon on September 25. The DFA said the repatriates underwent the appropriate medical protocols upon […]
(Eagle News) –Fifty-three more Filipinos from Thailand have returned to the Philippines recently. According to the department, the Filipinos left Bangkok via a Philippine Airlines flight on Aug. 15. They were assisted by a team from the embassy at the airport, the DFA said. The DFA said with the development, the total number of repatriates from Thailand who were assisted by the Philippine government rises to 1452. The DFA has said over 135,000 overseas Filipinos […]
(Eagle News)-The Department of Foreign Affairs has said it has repatriated over 135,000 overseas Filipinos amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The DFA said the total 135,290 was after an additional 10,573 overseas Filipinos were brought home this week. Of the total, 38.9 percent (52,639 overseas Filipinos) were sea-based while 61.1 percent (82,651 overseas Filipinos) were land-based. Of this number, only this week, the DFA said it repatriated 8,112 overseas Filipinos from the Middle East through 27 […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated over 300 Filipinos from the United Arab Emirates recently. The DFA said the 342 FIlipinos were brought home via a Philippine Airlines flight, PR 8659, on Aug. 5. The flight arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, at 11:55 AM (Manila time). According to the DFA, the bulk of the passengers were those who availed of the United Arab Emirates government’s amnesty for overstaying residence […]
by Emily Manuel Contributor, Eagle News THE HAGUE, The Netherlands (Eagle News) – The Philippine Embassy in the Netherlands assisted a total of 392 overseas Filipinos in a repatriation flight from Amsterdam to Manila last July 3, 2020. The flight included 367 seafarers, 3 land-based workers, 10 stranded tourists, 7 au pairs, 2 students, and 3 other returning Filipinos. – Stranded Filipinos – Due to the daily limit of inbound passengers allowed to enter the […]
