MANILA – The government has sent home close to 320,000 returning overseas Filipino workers to their respective provinces, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Sunday. In a report to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said 319,333 OFWs were transported to their respective provinces as of Nov. 21 after […]
Repatriated OFWs
49k Overseas Filipinos repatriated since Coronavirus pandemic hit the world-DFA
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Foreign Affairs has repatriated some 49,520 overseas Filipinos affected by Coronavirus-19 in various countries and regions around the world since February. In a statement, the DFA stated that as of June 19 “a total of 49,520 Overseas Filipinos (OFs) have now been repatriated by the DFA since it began […]
370 OFWs repatriated from UAE arrive in PH
DUBAI, UAE-— A total of 370 overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from the UAE have arrived safely in Manila, on Monday, June 15. They were the first batch of OFWs that have returned home on a government-sponsored chartered repatriation flight from the emirates. The passengers, mostly workers who lost their jobs after numerous companies have closed […]