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(Eagle News) – Ninety-one Filipinos from Myanmar were repatriated back to the Philippines after being stranded in the capital city of Yangon, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported on Tuesday, May 19. In a statement, the DFA said that some of the Filipinos were stranded due to flight cancellations, while others lost their jobs due to COVID-19 restrictions. “Most of the Filipinos who were repatriated were staying in Yangon. Others came from the capital, Nay […]
(Eagle News)–The government has repatriated over 150 Filipinos from Bahrain and Macau amid since Saturday, May 16. Based on data from the Department of Foreign Affairs, of the 157 repatriated, 14 were from Bahrain and 143 from Macau. The DFA said of the 14 Filipinos repatriated from Bahrain, five lost their jobs with the closure of their respective companies due to the global health crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The other was a […]
(Eagle News) – At least 125 Filipino crew members from a cruise ship docked in Japan were repatriated in the country, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). On May 5, Tuesday, the DFA welcomed the 125 Filipino crew members of Costa Atlantica cruise ship docked in Nagasaki, Japan, with permission from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) Sub-Task Group for the Repatriation of OFWs. “Upon arrival […]
(Eagle News)–Over 800 repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers arrived on Sunday, May 3, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced. According to the DFA, of the figure, 688 were seafarers from six AIDA cruises in Germany who arrived on board three chartered flights. Almost 200, or 198, land-based OFWs from Bahrain and the Cayman Islands also arrived via Gulf Air flight GF154. According to the DFA, the repatriation of the Filipinos from Germany was made possible by […]
(Eagle News)–Fifty-eight more Filipinos were repatriated from the United Arab Emirates amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. With the repatriation of the Filipinos, there are now 473 Filipinos repatriated so far since the start of the pandemic, Philippine Ambassador to the UAE Hjayceelyn M. Quintana said. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the OFWs were met in Manila by representatives of the DFA’s Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs. They were also subjected […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated over 100 Filipinos from Thailand amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The DFA said the 185 Filipinos–consisting of six infants and 179 adults from Bangkok, its neighboring provinces, and far away provinces such as Chiang Rai, Narathiwat, Songkhla, Phuket, and Roi Et—arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on Friday, via Air Asia Flight Z28286. Many of the Filipinos lost their jobs in the hospitality and education […]
(Eagle News) — Sixty Filipinos and their dependents were repatriated from New Zealand amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement on Monday, April 20, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the Filipinos had been stranded due to the alert level 4 and border lockdown imposed by the New Zealand government to flatten the COVID-19 curve. The New Zealand government has since then lowered the alert to level 3. “The Embassy has been working closely with […]
(Eagle News)–Over 100 Filipinos repatriated from Côte d’Ivoire and the United States have arrived in the country. The Department of Foreign Affairs said of the 102 Filipinos, five were land-based workers of Toa Corporation from Abidjan and 97 were crew members of MS Norwegian Joy, docked in Los Angeles, California. The repatriation was facilitated by the Philippine Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, and the Philippine Consulate in Los Angeles, together with the DFA-Office of the Undersecretary […]
(Eagle News)–Over 100 Overseas Filipino Workers from Indonesia have arrived in the country, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said the 101 OFWs from Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14. They took chartered Air Asia flight QZ960. The repatriation was done in coordination with Sumitomo Corporation, the OFWs’ employer; ABD Overseas Manpower Corporation, the local manning agency; and, the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said 247 crew members of two cruise ships for a Germany-based travel agency arrived in the country on Wednesday morning, April 8, 2020. The DFA welcomed the crew members of cruise ships MS Amadea and MS Amera who returned from Frankfurt, Germany. “The repatriates arrived this morning via a chartered flight contracted by BSM Crew Service Center Philippines Inc. and Five Star Marine Services Corp., […]
(Eagle News)–Over 300 repatriated Filipino seafarers arrived from Italy and Germany on Sunday amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The Department of Foreign Affairs said of the 322 recently repatriated from Italy, 114 were from Costa Diadema and 208 from Costa Victoria in Italy. Sixteen crew members of cruise ship Amadea, on the other hand, arrived in Manila from Frankfurt, Germany. According to the DFA, as of Sunday, April 6, it had repatriated close to […]
(Eagle News)–Over 800 Filipino seafarers who were stranded in the United States have arrived in the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said the 881 sailors were from various cruise ships stranded due to the coronavirus 2019 pandemic. Of the number, 445 are from Norwegian Cruises Dawn and Encore, and another 436 from MV Magica and MV Favolosa. “The DFA and the Philippine Embassy in Washington DC closely coordinated with the Department […]
