Tag: Repatriation of OFWs

Gov’t helps 300 Filipinos return to PHL from Vietnam

(Eagle News)–The government helped 300 Filipinos from Vietnam return to the Philippines on Saturday, July 25, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. In a statement on Saturday night, the DFA said the  Filipinos arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport via chartered  Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight PR8592. The DFA said the Filipinos were composed of Overseas Filipino Workers who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, seafarers, and stranded PAL ticket holders. There was also […]

Repatriation of OFWs from Kuwait, voluntary and not compulsory, says Palace

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the President Rodrigo Duterte’s appeal for Filipino workers in Kuwait to come home is not compulsory, as he clarified that there was no permanent ban on the deployment of Filipino workers in Kuwait. Roque made this clarification after the President announced on Sunday that the deployment ban to Kuwait will stay until a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the protection of Overseas Filipino Workers in Kuwait is […]