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Ilang Pinoy sa HK nanghihingi ng COVID-19 care packs

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Posted at Jul 05 02:40 PM

Humihingi ng COVID-19 care packages ang ilang Filipino sa Hong Kong bunsod ng pagtaas ng kaso ng coronavirus. Read more »

Ilang Pinoy sa Shanghai, nawalan ng trabaho

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Posted at Apr 19 09:04 PM

May mga Pinoy sa Shanghai, China na natanggal sa trabaho sa gitna ng panibagong COVID-19 surge doon. Read more »

Ayuda para sa OFWs sa Shanghai, tinatalakay ng gobyerno

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 06:29 PM

Kasalukuyang nakakaranas ng pagtaas ng bilang ng COVID-19 cases ang Shanghai, China, kung saan may libo-libong OFWs. Read more »

Demand for OFWs still recovering amid pandemic: POEA

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Posted at Feb 12 06:04 PM

The demand for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) is still low due to continuing labor concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said on Saturday. Read more »

Quarantine facilities para sa OFWs halos mapuno na

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Posted at Dec 13 06:56 PM

Malapit nang mapuno ang karamihan sa mga quarantine hotel at facility dahil sa dami ng mga nag-uuwiang overseas Filipino worker kada araw. Read more »

OFW shares ordeal, hope after kin's 'hospital arrest'

Rose Eclarinal, TFC News London
Posted at Nov 10 05:56 PM

Filipino caregiver in England Romeo Mendoza had exhausted all means to help his niece with a gargantuan hospital bills recently. Read more »

Pinoy sa Myanmar nasawi sa COVID-19

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Updated as of Jul 20 07:04 PM

Isang Pinoy ang namatay sa Myanmar noong nakaraang linggo dahil sa COVID-19 sa gitna ng lumalalang kaso ng sakit doon, ayon sa embahada ng Pilipinas sa Yangon. Read more »

PH top diplomat in Hong Kong opposes forced jabs for domestic helpers

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Updated as of May 01 11:10 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Philippine Consul General to Hong Kong Raly Tejada said the city’s government should not force domestic workers to get COVID-19 vaccines, citing that the measure should apply to all foreign workers so that it will be "non-discriminatory". Read more »

Pinoy inilarawan ang kalunos-lunos na sitwasyon sa India dahil sa COVID-19

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Updated as of Apr 29 06:33 PM

Malubha kung ilarawan ng isang Pinoy sa India ang sitwasyon doon. Kuwento ni Victoria Singh na taga-New Delhi, ubos na ang mga kama at oxygen tank sa mga ospital. Sa dami ng namamatay kada araw, patong-patong na ang mga labi na nakapila sa mga crematorium. Read more »

2 OFW sa India nasawi sa COVID-19; travel ban ipinatupad ng Pilipinas

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Updated as of Apr 28 02:02 PM

Dalawang OFW na ang namatay sa India dahil sa COVID-19 sa gitna ng dumaraming kaso ng sakit doon. Read more »

Mga balikbayan nasasamantala matapos mawala ang Red Cross testing: Gordon

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Updated as of Oct 27 09:49 PM

Pinagbabayad daw nang mahal sa COVID-19 tests ang mga balikbayan, dual citizens, at foreigners sa mga paliparan.  Read more »

Stranded on ships, 200,000 seafarers struggle in virus limbo

Cecil Morella and Aishwarya Kumar, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 20 08:27 AM

Indian ship worker Tejasvi Duseja is desperate to go home after months stranded offshore by coronavirus border closures and lockdowns that have left more than 200,000 seafarers in limbo.   Read more »

Remains of several Filipinos who died in Saudi won't be sent home

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Posted at Jun 22 11:27 PM

The Philippine government is stepping up efforts to repatriate the remains of hundreds of migrant workers who died of various causes in Saudi Arabia. Read more »

DFA: 25 new COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad; total now at 5,566

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Posted at Jun 15 06:52 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said 25 Filipinos abroad recently caught the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bringing the total number of overseas cases among Filipino nationals to 5,566. Read more »

DFA: 22 new COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad; total now at 5,541

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Posted at Jun 14 05:54 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Sunday said another 22 Filipinos abroad caught the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bringing the total tally of overseas cases among Filipino nationals to 5,541. Read more »

DFA: 21 new COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad; total nearing 5,500

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Updated as of Jun 12 06:15 PM

The agency said a total of 2,369 overseas have recovered from the illness. Read more »

DFA reports 40 new COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad, total now at 5,469

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Posted at Jun 11 06:04 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday another 40 Filipinos abroad were sick with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bringing the total tally of overseas cases among Filipino nationals to 5,469. Read more »

DFA reports 29 new COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad

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Posted at Jun 10 04:51 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday another 29 Filipinos got sick with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bringing the total tally of overseas cases among Filipino nationals to 5,430. Read more »

Palace says remedial measures in place to speed up COVID-19 testing, homecoming of repatriates

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Updated as of Jun 10 01:17 PM

MANILA - The government has instituted remedial measures to facilitate the immediate processing COVID-19 tests and results of arriving overseas Filipino workers so that they need not stay longer in quarantine facilities.   Read more »

Number of overseas Filipinos infected with COVID-19 now over 5,400

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Posted at Jun 08 06:43 PM

The total number of Filipinos overseas who have been infected with the novel coronavirus has reached 5,405 after the Department of Foreign Affairs announced 13 new cases on Monday. Read more »