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'No work, no pay' Filipinos in China struggle financially as pandemic persists

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 05:15 PM

The Philippine envoy said the embassy is coordinating with the Department of Labor and Employment on possible aid that could be extended to the overseas Filipino workers. Read more »

Number of COVID-19 positive Filipinos abroad now at 335 after 55 new cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 10:59 PM

The number of Filipinos abroad infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has risen to 335 after 55 new cases were reported, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday. Read more »

Number of COVID-19 positive Filipinos abroad rises to 280 after 77 new cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 06:36 AM

The DFA said there are around 28 countries with Filipino COVID-19 cases. Read more »

13 Filipino students repatriated from abroad amid COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 01:41 AM

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said Thursday it repatriated 13 students from Vietnam, Japan and the United Kingdom amid the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

Number of coronavirus-positive Filipinos abroad tops 200: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 08:52 PM

The number of Filipinos abroad who contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has swelled to more than 200, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.   Read more »

Kuwait sends home 253 undocumented, distressed OFWs on special flight

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau
Posted at Mar 26 01:37 AM

Some 253 undocumented and distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were repatriated to the Philippines on Wednesday on board a Kuwait Airways special flight as part of the Kuwaiti government’s precautionary measure to thwart the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country. Read more »

Cash aid, repatriation offered to OFWs displaced by coronavirus pandemic: labor chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 10:56 AM

Overseas Filipino workers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 and are still abroad are entitled to cash aid and may request for repatriation, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Wednesday. Read more »

68 anyos na Fil-Am unang coronavirus death sa LA County

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 07:54 PM

Isang Filipino-American na may travel history sa Asia ang unang namatay sa COVID-19 sa Los Angeles county. Read more »

Cruise ship operators nagdeklara ng tigil-operasyon dahil sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 08:04 PM

Aabot sa 30,000 Pinoy seafarer ang kailangang pauwiin dahil sa pag-deklara ng tigil-operasyon ng mga cruise ship operator sa iba-ibang panig ng mundo bunsod ng COVID-19. Read more »

153 Filipinos abroad test positive for COVID-19: DFA

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 06:06 PM

There are 153 total confirmed COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad as of March 23, according to an infographic released by the Department of Foreign Affairs Monday. Read more »

LIST: PAL mounts overseas flights from March 23-31 for stranded foreigners, OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 02:58 PM

Philippine Airlines on Monday said it will operate several overseas flights from March 23 to 31 in response to the government’s call to help foreign tourists return home and OFWs fly back to their places of work. Read more »

Filipino musician tests positive for Covid-19 in Hong Kong

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 08:57 AM

The Hong Kong Government's Information Services Department has confirmed with that the city's 276th patient is a Filipino musician. Read more »

2 Pinoy, positibo sa Covid 19 sa Brunei at India

Jeff Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 09:44 PM

Kinumpirma ng Department of Foreign Affairs na ilang Pinoy ang nagpositibo sa Covid 19 sa Brunei Darussalam at sa India. Read more »

Stranded OFWs now allowed to stay in hotels: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 04:41 PM

Overseas Filipino workers stranded in the country may now be accommodated in hotels, Malacañang said Sunday. Read more »

OFWs, foreigners can leave Philippines during COVID-19 lockdown, gov't says

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 18 01:34 PM

Filipino migrant workers and foreigners can travel abroad from the northern island of Luzon during the "enhanced community quarantine" in the area, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Tuesday. Read more »

House OKs bill creating OFW department on third and final reading

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 11 07:20 PM

The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on third and final reading a measure creating a department for overseas Filipino workers. Read more »

Duterte wants death penalty for killers of OFW in Kuwait

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 11:22 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he would ask for the death penalty for those behind the killing of a Filipino migrant worker in Kuwait. Read more »

Iran announces 43 new coronavirus deaths, raising toll to 237

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 09:35 PM

Iran on Monday reported 43 new deaths from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall toll to 237 dead.   Read more »

First Filipino coronavirus patient in Hong Kong released from hospital

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 04:38 PM

The first Filipino patient infected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Hong Kong has been discharged from the hospital, a Philippine envoy said.  Read more »

Dozens of OFWs in Hong Kong face unemployment amid COVID-19 outbreak

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 01:06 AM

Nearly 30 overseas Filipino workers in Hong Kong lost their jobs because of the coronavirus disease outbreak. Read more »