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(Eagle News)–Over 200,000 overseas Filipinos have been repatriated since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic until September, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, of the 204,481, 33.98 percent or 69477 were sea-based, while 66.02 percent or 135,004 were land-based. Of the total OFWs repatriated, 41892 were repatriated in September. The regional breakdown is as follows: 31,217 or 74.5% from the Middle East; 4,226 or 10.1% from Asia and the Pacific; 3,666 […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has reported no new COVID-19 deaths among overseas Filipinos. The DFA said the COVID-19 death toll of Filipinos abroad therefore remains at 792. Twenty-seven new COVID-19 cases, however, have been reported from countries in Asia and the Pacific and Europe. The additional cases pushed the COVID-19 tally to 10534. The DFA said the Middle East and Africa so far had the most COVID-19 cases with 7097, followed by the […]
(Eagle News) – Just when you thought the COVID-19 pandemic has stagnated TV programming, Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s NET 25 comes up with yet again a new offering, the musical sitcom, “Kesayasaya!” which pays tribute to Filipino families and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), and which promises to complete your Sunday evening viewing habit. This weekly musical sitcom which will have its pilot episode on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 6:30 p.m., features the return of the Robin […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has reported six additional COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos. The DFA said with the additional cases as of Friday, the COVID-19 tally for Filipinos abroad rose to 10430. The Middle East and Africa still has the most COVID-19 cases, with 7074, followed by the Asia Pacific region, with 1370 cases, Europe with 1178, and the Americas with 808. No new deaths nor recoveries were reported, which means the tally […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has recently repatriated 76 Filipinos from Thailand. The DFA said the Filipinos checked in for their flight to Manila at Suvarnabhumi Airport September 9. The Filipinos included a cancer patient whose medical repatriation was arranged during the Songkran holidays that ended on Monday, the DFA said. According to the department, with the latest batch of returnees, the total number of repatriates from Thailand assisted by the Philippine government rises […]
(Eagle News)–Over 193,000 Overseas Filipino Workers have been transported to their respective provinces under the government’s Hatid-Tulong program. The Department of Transportation said the 193236 OFWs were as of Sept. 10. Of these, 60363 were transported by land, 89400 via air transport, and 43473 via sea transport. The data for those transported via land and air transport is from May 25 to Sept. 10. The data for those transported via sea transport is from April […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has recently repatriated over 300 Filipinos from Kuwait. The DFA said with the 310 repatriated on Sept. 6, the number of Filipinos repatriated from Kuwait breached the 7,000 mark, or at 7,116, since the COVID-19 outbreak in March. According to the department, the chartered Kuwait Airways flight, the 15th flight arranged by the embassy since June 2020, was granted clearance to land in Manila by the Civil […]
(Eagle News)–Over 1000 overseas Filipinos were repatriated amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday and Thursday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, of the at least 1391, 361 came from Beirut, Lebanon; 180 from Macau; over 200 from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates; over 500 from Qatar; and around 150 from LA, in the United States. The DFA said this was the second DFA-chartered mass repatriation flight from Lebanon since the […]
(Eagle News)–Over 160,000 Overseas Filipino Workers have returned to their respective provinces under the government’s Hatid-Tulong program. The Department of Transportation said the 165,862 OFWs assisted by the government were as of Aug. 27. Of these, the DOTr said 52,022 were transported by land, 74,440 using air transport and via sea transport 39,400. The data for land and air transport is from May 25 – August 27, while the data for sea transport was from […]
(Eagle News)–After three consecutive days of no reports of COVID-19 fatalities among overseas Filipinos, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported 13 new deaths on Friday night. The DFA said with the additional 13, the death toll now stands at 755. The Middle East and Africa still had the most number of deaths, at 474, followed by the Americas with 178, Europe with 95, and the Asia Pacific region with eight. Twenty -one additional […]
https://youtu.be/IGbx9YzlCVo (Eagle News) – Health professionals with existing contracts abroad as of March 8 this year will now be allowed to leave the country to return to their work, Malacanang said. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has allowed health workers with existing contracts as of March can leave the country to fulfill their contract. He said that these health professional professionals with overseas employment certificates […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs said it has chartered a repatriation flight from Lebanon that would carry at least 386 Overseas Filipinos (OFs) and the remains of eight overseas Filipinos, four of whom were killed as a result of the tragic August 4 blasts in a Beirut port The chartered flight is expected to arive anytime today, Monday, Aug. 17, at the Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport via […]
