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(Eagle News) — Over 200 Filipinos from Doha, Qatar were repatriated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Foreign Affairs said 278 overseas Filipinos, including an infant, were ferried back to the Philippines via a chartered Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight on May 20. The DFA said the chartered flight also included 28 Filipinos who had sought temporary shelter at the embassy and other Overseas Filipino Resource Centers prior to their repatriation. According to the DFA, the […]
(Eagle News) — Over 400 Filipinos were repatriated from Singapore and Qatar, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported on Thursday, May 21. According to data from the DFA, of the 468, 190 from Singapore arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 yesterday. The 278 from Qatar arrived today via Philippine Airlines flight PR685. The agency said the repatriates underwent thermal scanning and RT-PCR testing upon arrival, as required by the Department of Health-Bureau […]
(Eagle News) — Over 300 Filipinos were repatriated from Saudi Arabia, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, the 347 Filipinos were repatriated from Dammam and Riyadh, as several establishments closed down there amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The DFA said of the total number, 16 were pregnant women, nine were minors, including five babies. There was also one male stretcher case, and one recovering stroke victim. The group arrived on Monday on […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden is now open for consular services. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the embassy is now receiving and processing consular applications, except for passport services, for those residing in both Sweden and Finland. The embassy has concurrent jurisdiction over Finland. The DFA said the following consular services are being offered: Visa (once the suspension on visa issuance resumes) Civil registry (report of birth, report of marriage, […]
(Eagle News) — The Chinese government donated more testing kits and overall protective equipment to help the Philippines’ fight against COVID-19. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. and Chief Implementer of the National Plan Against COVID-19 Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. received from Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian the Chinese Government’s additional donation of 150,000 testing kits and 18,000 disposable overalls on Sunday, May 10. The donations were delivered via two chartered flights. The 150,000 […]
(Eagle News) – At least 125 Filipino crew members from a cruise ship docked in Japan were repatriated in the country, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). On May 5, Tuesday, the DFA welcomed the 125 Filipino crew members of Costa Atlantica cruise ship docked in Nagasaki, Japan, with permission from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) Sub-Task Group for the Repatriation of OFWs. “Upon arrival […]
(Eagle News)–The total number of Filipinos abroad who have recovered from COVID-19 has breached the 500 mark, as additional recoveries were reported from the Americas and Europe. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 38 new recoveries from those areas brought the total to 513 as of May 5. The DFA said 48 new COVID-19 cases were recorded, for a total of 1867. The daily rate of recoveries is higher though than the new confirmed […]
(Eagle News)–Over 800 repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers arrived on Sunday, May 3, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced. According to the DFA, of the figure, 688 were seafarers from six AIDA cruises in Germany who arrived on board three chartered flights. Almost 200, or 198, land-based OFWs from Bahrain and the Cayman Islands also arrived via Gulf Air flight GF154. According to the DFA, the repatriation of the Filipinos from Germany was made possible by […]
Guidelines for passport applicants, personnel set (Eagle News)–Several consular offices will resume operations on Monday, May 4. The Department of Foreign Affairs said there will be measures in place for the health and safety of the public and the DFA personnel in the offices in Cotabato, La Union, Puerto Princesa, Santiago, and Tuguegarao that are among those that will resume operations. The DFA said the measures include temperature checks, the regulation of the number of […]
(Eagle News)–The government is set to repatriate Filipino crew members aboard a cruise ship docked off Nagasaki, Japan. The DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, the Consulate General in Osaka, along with the Philippine Overseas Labor Office and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Japan, are “in the process of mapping out with the Japan government the arrangements for the safe and orderly repatriation..” of the crew members aboard the MV Costa Atlantica. The […]
(Eagle News)–Fifty-eight more Filipinos were repatriated from the United Arab Emirates amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. With the repatriation of the Filipinos, there are now 473 Filipinos repatriated so far since the start of the pandemic, Philippine Ambassador to the UAE Hjayceelyn M. Quintana said. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the OFWs were met in Manila by representatives of the DFA’s Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs. They were also subjected […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated over 100 Filipinos from Thailand amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The DFA said the 185 Filipinos–consisting of six infants and 179 adults from Bangkok, its neighboring provinces, and far away provinces such as Chiang Rai, Narathiwat, Songkhla, Phuket, and Roi Et—arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on Friday, via Air Asia Flight Z28286. Many of the Filipinos lost their jobs in the hospitality and education […]
