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(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday, Feb. 25, said he would travel to the Ukrainian border to personally oversee the repatriation of Filipinos amid Russia’s attack. The Foreign Affairs secretary said he was traveling with other officials. “Deeply grateful to Poland. We’ll never forget this,” Locsin said. Earlier, the DFA chief said Poland had agreed to allow entry to Filipinos who wish to fly back to the Philippines from Ukraine […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has issued an order “to bring home everyone” in China, a Department of Foreign Affairs official said on Tuesday, Jan. 28. “That’s the order of the President, to bring home everyone. And we will bring everyone home safely,” Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said in a press conference, as Chinese health authorities reported a spike to over 100 in the deaths from the novel coronavirus in the Asian country. […]
(Eagle News)– The first batch of Filipinos repatriated from Lebanon following US-Iran tensions over a US airstrike that killed a top Iranian military official arrived on Saturday, Jan. 25. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the the group, composed of 36 Filipinos, including one infant, was welcomed by the DFA Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs. The DFA said before their departure from Lebanon, the adults each received financial assistance […]
(Eagle News)—The Department of Foreign Affairs has raised an Alert Level 3 in Libya and urged Filipinos in Tripoli and nearby areas to consider being repatriated to avoid getting caught in ongoing clashes between rival factions. The Alert Level III, which means a voluntary repatriation is being implemented, covers Tripoli and areas within a 100-kilometer radius of the capital as follows: To the East Tajoura Ghot Romman Qaraboli Qasr Khiyar To the South Esbea Tarhuna […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News Service) — The Philippine government is preparing for the imminent repatriation of some 1,800 Filipinos from three countries in West Africa struck by the deadly Ebola virus, as the Department of Foreign Affairs mulls the raising of the crisis alert level in the Ebola-affected countries by mid-November.In a press briefing in Malacañang, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. told reporters that the government is establishing a protocol to repatriate […]
Almost 300 out of 13,000 OFW’s in Libya returned to the country due to the voluntary repatriation instituted by the Department of Labor and Employment.
The Department of Foreign Affairs continue to advise OFWs in Libya to leave the country immediately, due to the increasingly volatile situation there.
