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(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated over 300,000 overseas Filipinos since February, the start of its repatriation efforts amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The DFA said the 300,838 total Filipinos abroad repatriated was after 13,537 were brought home this week. The department said this was the highest weekly total since February. Of the 300,838 repatriated, 90,621 or 30.12 percent were sea-based workers while 210,217 or 69.88 percent were land-based. The DFA said […]
(Eagle News)–Forty more Filipinos stranded in North Sulawesi, Indonesia have been repatriated. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the repatriates, who represent the second batch of Filipinos to be repatriated from Manado, were fetched by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel BRP Tubbataha (MRRV-4401) on October 15. This was after they were granted diplomatic clearance by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia. The DFA said the vessel docked at the Port of General Santos […]
(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 […]
