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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos are now at 20,424. According to Department of Foreign Affairs data, this was after two more cases were reported. Three additional recoveries also pushed the COVID-19 recovery total to 12,096. Meanwhile, the death toll due to COVID-19 among Filipinos outside the country remains at 1220, with no additional deaths reported. According to the DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional 142 cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 20422. “The spike in the number of cases is due to an increase in reported cases in Asia and the Pacific,” the DFA said. Meanwhile, one additional recovery and one death also pushed the COVID-19 recovery tally and death toll among Filipinos overseas to 12093 […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines is temporarily suspending the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Oman. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in an interview this was after Oman included the Philippines in its list of countries covered by a travel ban. Bello said the temporary suspension was upon the recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Bello did not say when the suspension would be lifted. The Philippines has also included Oman in its […]
Israel’s Ambassador Harpaz says PHL will forever be in his heart; expresses gratitude, love for Filipinos (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte conferred the Order of Sikatuna with the rank of Datu (Grand Cross) Silver Distinction on outgoing Ambassador of Israel to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz who paid a farewell call on the President at the Malacañang Palace on June 16, 2021. Ambassador Harpaz was assigned to the country in August 2018, after serving […]
(Eagle News) — NET25’s “ASEAN in Focus” interviews Israel Ambassador to the Philippines H.E. Rafael Harpaz who shares how the situation is “back to normal” in Israel as majority of the people are already fully vaccinated. “There is really normal life in Israel, completely normal life in Israel, and the economy is starting to move fast, we have a fast recovery of the economy unemployment is going down,” he said on Wednesday, June 16. […]
In this interview in the NET25 program, Mata ng Agila , on Friday, June 4, Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) chief Hans Leo Cacdac explains the newly approved rule that those who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the Philippines only need to be quarantined for seven days, instead of the previous 10 days, in an isolation facility in the country. He also said that so far, there are around 570,000 OFWs who […]
Assures affected Filipinos in Malaysia that PHL embassy remains open to assist them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyUvoEpPSk8 (Eagle News) — Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia Charles Jose explains the situation there as the country starts a two-week total lockdown on Tuesday, June 1, to address rising COVID-19 cases nationwide. In an interview with ASEAN in Focus on Tuesday, Ambassador Jose said that there has been a recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Malaysia with the highest recorded at […]
DOLE learns expenses shouldered by OFWs for the 10-day quarantine required upon entry in Saudi Arabia (Eagle News) – The Department of Labor and Employment has temporarily suspended the deployment of overseas Filipino workers to Saudi Arabia. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III issued the directive to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) after receiving reports that “departing OFWs are being required by their employers/foreign recruitment agencies to shoulder the costs fo the health and […]
(Eagle News) — The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos has climbed to 18,659. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, this was after an additional COVID-19 case was reported. No additional fatalities nor recoveries were reported, which means the death toll and recovery total remain at 1168 and 11400, respectively. “Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of COVID-19 recoveries remained at 61.10%, those under treatment decreased to 32.64% while […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-four more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18658. Four more recoveries also pushed the recovery total to 11,400. Five additional deaths led to an increase in the death toll, now at 1168. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries, and deaths […]
Add’l bomb shelters set up for Filpinos in critical areas in Israel, Gaza as PHL officials monitor situation (Eagle News) — No Filipino worker as well as residents in Israel and the Gaza strip on the Palestine side have been injured so far in the ongoing strikes in the region, as labor officials assure assistance to the country’s overseas workers in the area. According to Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) administrator Hans Leo Cacdac, […]
(Eagle News) — The number of Filipinos repatriated since the start of repatriation efforts amid the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020 has breached the 400,000 mark. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, of the 401,105 repatriated as of May 15, 105417 were seafarers and 295688 were land-based overseas Filipinos. The department said last week’s batch included 344 stranded overseas Filipinos from Saudi Arabia and 155 from China. Also included were 14 distressed students from […]
