163 more Filipinos returning home from Myanmar ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Apr 08 08:43 PM The Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said 163 more Filipinos will be arriving home from Myanmar. Read more »
Mga umuwing Pinoy mula sa Myanmar, nakahinga na ng maluwag matapos maranasan ang tensyon doon Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Feb 16 12:20 AM “Nakakatakot po, pasalamat na lang po kami at nakarating po kami ng maayos, nakaranas din po kami ng takot doon. Kasi po every 8 o’clock nakakarinig po kami ng screaming ng tao," aniya. Read more »
Filipinos in Myanmar can go home: DFA ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Feb 15 11:13 PM MANILA - Filipinos in conflict-torn Myanmar can go home regardless of their reasons to do so amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday. Read more »
Mga Pinoy na umuwi dahil sa tensiyon sa Myanmar nadagdagan ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Feb 16 01:05 AM Nasa 139 Pinoy repatriates ang dumating nitong Lunes lulan ng Air Asia flight. Read more »
PH ready to repatriate Filipinos in Myanmar, says Palace Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Feb 01 11:41 PM The Philippine government is ready to facilitate emergency repatriation of Filipinos in Myanmar amid the ongoing political turmoil in the Southeast Asian country, Malacañang said Monday. Read more »
Remittance resurgence a tonic but no cure for sickly emerging economies Tom Arnold, ReutersPosted at Dec 22 09:31 AM Larger-than-expected money transfers from migrants overseas have provided a tonic for several sickly economies during the coronavirus crisis, but the outlook for such flows remains fraught with uncertainty even as vaccines are rolled out. Read more »
80,000 more OFWs expected to return home in 1st half of 2021 due to pandemic: official ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Dec 17 06:03 PM Some 80,000 more Filipino migrant workers are expected to return to the Philippines in the first half of next year, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said on Thursday. Read more »
368,000 OFWs repatriated due to coronavirus pandemic - DOLE ABS-CBN NewsPosted 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 »
Over 300,000 OFWs repatriated due to pandemic: DFA ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Dec 14 01:55 AM Over 300,000 overseas Filipino workers have so far been repatriated this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday. Read more »
Lorenzana: Some 310,000 OFWs repatriated since start of pandemic ABS-CBN NewsPosted 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 ABS-CBN NewsPosted 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 ABS-CBN NewsPosted 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 ABS-CBN NewsPosted 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 ABS-CBN NewsPosted 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 ABS-CBN NewsPosted 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 NewsUpdated 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 NewsPosted 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 ABS-CBN NewsPosted 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 Presidential PhotoPosted 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 ABS-CBN NewsPosted 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 »