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MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday called for the suspension of the increase in premium payments to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), as provided in the implementing…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are scheduled to arrive in Cebu at dawn on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, will have to undergo 14 days of mandatory quarantine in facilities here in…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has cried foul over the alleged failure of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to coordinate with the province about the mercy voyage carrying over 200 repatriated seafarers that…
MANILA, Philippines — All overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) returning to the Philippines are now mandated to undergo rapid antibody testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID)…
MANILA, Philippines — Two hundred thirty-three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Indonesia, Kenya and Singapore arrived in the Philippines Sunday night, bringing the total of OFWs repatriated amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to 16,911. In…
MANILA, Philippines— At least 440 Filipino seafarers of the Norwegian Pearl, Sky, and Sun cruise ships from the United States were repatriated Friday morning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They are the first of five batches of…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Over 100 Cebuano Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who are now stranded in Luzon are appealing to the Cebu provincial government to let them come home. The group of Cebuano OFWs, who are appealing…
CEBU CITY—The overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the coronavirus 2019 pandemic will soon receive a one-time financial assistance of P10,000. “The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has already prepared the guidelines of the DOLE-AKAP (Abot…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has lifted a travel ban to mainland China except for Hubei province, mainly to allow the return of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there. The lifting of the travel ban was recommended by…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Summer is just a few sleeps away and Cebuanos who are planning to spend their vacations outside the country should have another thing to put on their checklist. Since the Philippines declared a…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma called on all faithful to pray that all “threats of life” be put to a halt, including threats brought about by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). “It’s our deepest…
It seems our country has swung from one end of the pendulum to the other where the 2019-nCoV is concerned. Previous columns discussed the never-to-be-forgotten message of Sen. Bong Go saying that it was “improper” for Philippine…
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