Tag: OFWs amid COVID-19 pandemic

DFA repatriates over 9,000 overseas Filipinos this week

(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs  repatriated over 9,000 Filipinos abroad this week. The DFA said with the additional 9,574 overseas Filipinos,  the total number of repatriated Filipinos since February rises to 195,224. Of the total, the DFA said 34.6 percent or 67,484 were sea-based, while 65.4 percent or 127,740 were land-based. This week, the DFA said two DFA-chartered flights from Saudi Arabia brought home 711 overseas Filipinos. The DFA said among them was OFW […]

DFA reports 17 additional COVID-19 recoveries among overseas Filipinos

(Eagle News) — Seventeen additional COVID-19 recoveries were reported among overseas Filipinos, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday night. According to the DFA, with the additional recoveries, the total number of Filipinos abroad who have recovered from COVID-19 has climbed to 6,571. The Middle East and Africa still have the most number of recoveries, with 4,239, followed by the Asia Pacific region with 991, Europe with 880, and the Americas with 461. Fifteen […]