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DFA conducts first repatriation by sea amid COVID-19 pandemic with arrival of 40 Filipinos stranded in North Sulawesi, Indonesia

(Eagle News)–Forty stranded Filipinos repatriated from North Sulawesi, Indonesia amid the COVID-19 pandemic have arrived in the country. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the second batch of repatriates from Manado were fetched by the Philippine Coast Guard vessel “BRP Tubbataha” (MRRV-4401) on  October 15 after being granted diplomatic clearance by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia. The vessel docked at the port of General Santos in the morning of  October 17 in what […]