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Over 600 stranded tourists leave Odette-hit Siargao

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 22 11:28 AM

More than 600 tourists stranded in Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte have left the island onboard mercy flights after the onslaught of Typhoon Odette. Read more »

Bilang ng repatriated OFWs dahil sa pandemya 1 milyon na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 08:55 PM

Higit 1 milyong Pilipino na ang napauwi sa pamamagitan ng repatriation program mula nang magsimula ang pandemya. Read more »

Filipinos brought home from Afghanistan

Photo courtesy of DFA Bob Fajardo
Posted at Aug 17 07:32 PM

Repatriated Filipinos arrive in the Philippines on Tuesday via a flight chartered by the DFA from Afghanistan. Read more »

271 distressed Filipinos, na-repatriate mula Vietnam

TFC News | Vietnam
Posted at Aug 16 05:50 PM

271 distressed Filipinos, narepatriate mula Vietnam noong Linggo, ika-15 ng Agosto, 2021. Read more »

Repatriated Filipinos mula Macau SAR, umabot na sa 3,793

TFC News Macau
Posted at Jul 28 03:31 PM

Sa anunsiyo ng Department of Foreign Affairs ng ika-26 ng Hulyo, 2021, pumalo na sa 3,793 Filipinos ang na-repatriate mula Macau SAR. Lumipad patungong Pilipinas noong ika-24 ng Hulyo, 2021 ang 198 Pilipino bilang ika-19 na repatriation program na pinangunahan ni Philippine Consul General to Macau Porfirio M. Mayo, Jr.  Read more »

Repatriated OFWs told to transfer registration records to vote in 2022 polls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 03:00 PM

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday urged overseas Filipino workers repatriated during the COVID-19 pandemic to transfer their registration records in order to participate in the national elections in 2022.   Read more »

OWWA seeking P9.8 billion supplemental budget for OFWs' quarantine needs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 03 01:55 PM

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is seeking a supplemental budget of P9.8 billion to fund the food, transport and accommodation of returning overseas Filipino workers, its official said Monday.  Read more »

DFA bringing home 6 Filipina human-trafficking victims from Syria

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 09:35 PM

The 6 were among 38 Filipinas who sought shelter at the Philippine Embassy in Damascus having been subjected to human trafficking, the DFA said Saturday. Read more »

Returning OFWs urged to take up TESDA's online agri courses

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 01:43 PM

TESDA Director General Isidro Lapeña said Wednesday that former OFWs can learn to produce food for their families or become "agripreneurs" by enrolling in the agency's agriculture-related courses, one of the sectors with fewer enrollees under the agency's online training program. Read more »

DFA sends home over 13,000 OFWs a week before Christmas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 22 10:51 PM

In total, the number of Filipinos repatriated since February reached 314,158, according to the DFA.    Read more »

368,000 OFWs repatriated due to coronavirus pandemic - DOLE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 11:19 AM

Over 368,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been repatriated in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Wednesday. Read more »

Bilang ng papapasuking pasahero sa NAIA, babawasan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 11:52 PM

MAYNILA - Babawasan na ang mga papayagang darating na mga pasahero sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport sa 2,000 na lamang. Read more »

Bello: Stranded OFWs sa Metro Manila higit 6k na dahil bumagal ang swab testing

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 10:33 PM

MAYNILA - Dumarami ang bilang ng mga nakauwing overseas Filipino workers na natetengga ngayon sa mga quarantine facility habang naghihintay ng resulta ng kanilang swab test. Read more »

Mahabang hintayan ng swab test results ng OFWs pinangangambahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 08:23 PM

Nangangamba ang Coast Guard na abutin ng 5 araw ang swab test result ng mga umuuwing overseas Filipino workers.  Read more »

Pagproseso ng Coast Guard sa swab test ng repatriated OFWs, mano-mano pa rin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 01:33 PM

MAYNILA - Wala umanong magagawa ang Philippine Coast Guard sa ngayon kung ‘di gawing mano-mano ang pagproseso sa swab test ng mga umuuwing overseas Filipino workers sa bansa. Read more »

30,000 BPO jobs available to repatriated OFWs: DOLE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 12:58 PM

Some 30,000 job opportunities in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry are available to migrant workers who were repatriated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Wednesday. Read more »

Nearly 480,000 OFWs ‘affected’ by COVID-19 pandemic: Labor dep’t

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 01 06:33 PM

The coronavirus pandemic has affected 478,839 overseas Filipino workers, the Department of Labor and Employment said on Thursday. Read more »

OFWs from Lebanon return home

Presidential Photo
Posted at Sep 26 06:27 PM

Overseas Filipino workers arrive at the Ninoy Aquino Airport on Saturday after being repatriated from Beirut, Lebanon, on a chartered flight. Read more »

8,300 more overseas Filipinos repatriated due to COVID-19; total now at 153K

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 11:56 PM

In a statement, the DFA said some 1,000 Filipinos from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia were expected to arrive over the weekend.  Read more »

DFA launches rare repatriation flight in Central Asia; 257 Pinoys return from Uzbekistan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 12:36 AM

Some 257 Filipinos from Uzbekistan returned home Saturday amid fears of contracting the novel coronavirus, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. Read more »