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(Eagle News) — Twenty Filipinos remain in Afghanistan as the government continues its repatriation efforts. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, only two of the 20, however, have requested repatriation. The rest, it said, expressed their intent to stay in the country for work reasons. According to the department, so far, 191 Filipinos have already left the country. The department said the Philippine embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan continues to closely monitor the status of […]
(Eagle News) — Only 32 Filipinos remain in Afghanistan as the Department of Foreign Affairs continues its repatriation efforts. According to the DFA, this was after 16 more Filipinos left Kabul via a military flight and are now in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, 13 repatriates are now in Oslo, Norway; while one landed in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and one in Kuwait. Twenty-two Filipinos are so far requesting company or government repatriation. Eight, the DFA said, registered […]
(Eagle News) — Forty-nine Filipinos remain in Afghanistan following the evacuation of more Filipinos amid the uncertain security situation in the country. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, 158 have already been evacuated after the Philippine Embassy in Pakistan arranged the repatriation of 30 Filipinos who are now in Pakistan. Another ten Filipinos were able to leave Kabul and are now in eight destinations: 8 in Dubai, one in Doha, and one in Paris. […]
(Eagle News) — Ninety Filipinos remain in Afghanistan, where the Department of Foreign Affairs is currently undertaking repatriation efforts. According to the DFA, so far, 79 Filipinos were requesting repatriation. The other night, two attempts were made to evacuate Filipinos via New Delhi and Islamabad but the efforts were unsuccessful because of the cancellation of all commercial flights. “As experienced by the groups last night, access to and even within the airport is very difficult, […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines has already vaccinated more than 29.1 million individuals, with around 13 million already fully vaccinated, Malacanang said on Thursday, Aug. 19. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that as of Wednesday, Aug. 18, the total doses administered have reached 29,127,240. Those fully vaccinated have reached 12,877,197, while those who only received the first dose were 16,250,043. Roque also urged the public to register for vaccination before going to the sites, […]
(Eagle News) – Thirty-five Filipinos from Afghanistan who had been evacuated by their companies to Doha, Qatar earlier arrived in the country on Tuesday, Aug. 17, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. The DFA said it is still working to repatriate the other Filipinos still left in Kabul, Afghanistan. ‼️Read: Situation Bulletin on the Armed Conflict in Afghanistan as of 17 August 2021‼️ Any Filipino in distress can contact the Philippine Embassy in […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines has so far administered 27.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in its vaccination drive, with over 12.4 million individuals already fully vaccinated. According to the National Task Force against COVID-19, the government has administered a total of 27,552,770 COVID-19 vaccine doses. “Of this figure, 15,092,332 Filipinos have received their first dose, while 12,460,438 individuals are now fully vaccinated,” it said in a post on Sunday, Aug. 15. Because of this, […]
Arriving Filipinos under repatriation programs from those countries to be allowed to enter PHL, too (Eagle News) — Passengers who had a “mere layover” in the ten countries on the Philippines’ travel ban list will still be allowed to enter the country, the Bureau of Immigration clarified. According to the bureau, arriving Filipinos, under repatriation programs from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia may also be allowed […]
Achievement on Aug. 3 of highest no. of jabs administered in a day surpassed even average daily doses in US, says Dizon (Eagle News) – At least 10 million Filipinos have already been fully vaccinated, while close to 22 million have already received COVID-19 doses, the Philippine government said. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that this important milestone was reached with the cooperation of the private sector and the local government units with the […]
(Eagle News) – The country has vaccinated more than 20 million individuals, over nine million of whom have been fully vaccinated. As of Aug, 1, the total doses administered to Filipinos reached 20,863,554. Of this number, 11,747,581 had already received the first dose, while 9,115,963 have received full vaccination. The numbers of those vaccinated are expected to have already breached the 21 million mark by this time if the average daily doses administered is […]
More than 10.3 million already received first COVID-19 vaccine doses (Eagle News) – The Philippines has already vaccinated more than 15 million Filipinos as the total vaccines delivered in the country reached more than 27.9 million doses. Philippine vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez reported to President Rodrigo Duterte on July 19, that there were around 15.1 million total vaccine doses that had already been administered. Of this number, more than 10.3 million (or 10,388,188) […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines has administered more than 14 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Wednesday, July 14, with more than 10 million Filipinos having received the first dose, and over 4 million already fully vaccinated. This was announced by Malacanang on Thursday, July 15. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that those given first doses (10,026,772) already covered 14.32 percent of the country’s targeted population. While those given second doses (4,047,792) were 5.78 […]
