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Lorenzana: Some 310,000 OFWs repatriated since start of pandemic

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Posted at Nov 18 12:09 AM

OFWs have been returning to the Philippines since early March when coronavirus cases rapidly rose worldwide. Read more »

260 Filipino students stranded in Israel flown home

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Posted at Oct 19 10:42 AM

Some 260 Filipino students who were stranded in Israel have returned to the Philippines, the Commission on Higher and Education (Ched) said Monday. Read more »

DFA: 40 Filipino fishermen repatriated from Indonesia

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Posted at Oct 18 01:09 AM

The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated 40 distressed fishermen from North Sulawesi province, Indonesia, an envoy said Saturday.   Read more »

More than 254,000 Filipino migrant workers repatriated amid pandemic, Lorenzana says

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Posted at Oct 14 10:41 PM

MANILA - More than 254,000 Filipino migrant workers have been repatriated since the coronavirus pandemic started and more are expected to come home to the Philippines, Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana said Wednesday night.   Read more »

DFA brings home more than 9,000 overseas Filipinos in a week

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Posted at Oct 11 11:11 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs brought home more than 9,000 overseas Filipino this week alone. Read more »

Budget ng DFA para sa repatriation ng mga OFW, P19-M na lang ang natitira

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Posted at Oct 08 09:32 PM

Ibinunyag ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. na mayroon na lamang P19 milyon na natitira mula sa P1 bilyong taunang budget para sa repatriation ng mga overseas Filipino workers.  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 »

Ordeal of stranded Filipino seafarers ends as they finally return to PH

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 05:57 AM

A group of 19 Filipino seafarers and overseas workers who had been unable to return to the Philippines from China during the pandemic are already back home.  Read more »

317 Filipinos from Lebanon back in Philippines

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Posted at Sep 26 07:57 PM

The 317 repatriates arrived in Manila through a special chartered flight as part of the Philippine government's twin repatriation and goodwill missions to Lebanon. Read more »

OFWs from Lebanon return home

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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 »

Over 200,000 Filipinos repatriated since start of pandemic: Lorenzana

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Posted at Sep 21 11:26 PM

MANILA - More than 200,000 Filipino migrant workers have been repatriated since the coronavirus pandemic started and more are expected to come home to the Philippines, Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana said Monday.   Read more »

Stranded at sea: Fresh batch of Filipino workers set to fly home this week

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Posted at Sep 21 12:06 PM

A fresh batch of Filipino repatriates will arrive this week from China, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday, amid difficulties in repatriating Filipino seafarers stranded in ships in other countries. Read more »

PH post repatriates 8 Pinoy seafarers stranded for months in China

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Posted at Sep 17 12:36 PM

MANILA - Eight Filipino seafarers were repatriated after months of being stranded on board a Chinese fishing vessel in Fujian province in China, the Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen said on Thursday.   Read more »

Duterte orders DFA to check status of stranded Filipino seafarers

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Posted at Sep 15 12:16 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and its foreign offices to check the status of Filipino seafarers who may have been stranded at sea due to the coronavirus pandemic.   Read more »

Pagpapa-uwi sa mga labi ng 2 Pinoy na biktima ng pagsabog sa Abu Dhabi, inihahanda na

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Posted at Sep 10 05:25 PM

Inihahanda na ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ang pagpapauwi sa mga labi ng dalawang Pilipino na nasawai sa gas explosion kamakailan sa Abu Dhabi. Read more »

OFW sa Lebanon, humingi ng tulong makauwi sa Pilipinas

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Updated as of Sep 08 09:29 AM

MAYNILA - Humingi ng tulong ang isang Filipino domestic worker na nakabase sa Lebanon na makasama sa susunod na batch ng mga uuwing overseas Filipino workers sa Pilipinas. Read more »

Over 42,000 OFWs repatriated in August: DFA

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Posted at Sep 06 10:08 AM

The Department of Foreign Affairs said Sunday it brought home 42,583 Filipino migrant workers as of August. Read more »

174,000 OFWs repatriated since April: Lorenzana

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Posted at Sep 01 12:33 AM

Around 174,000 Filipino migrant workers have been repatriated since April, Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana said Monday, as the country expects more OFWs to return home due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

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

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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 »

DOLE: Remains of 72 OFWs from Saudi to arrive in PH on Aug. 28

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Posted at Aug 26 06:46 PM

There are now 264 OFWs whose remains have been returned from Saudi Arabia. Read more »