LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — As more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) return home amid tensions in the Middle East, government agencies are rolling out reintegration services to help them rebuild livelihoods and reenter the local workforce. Authorities said…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Over 200 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Central Visayas have been repatriated from the Middle East amid escalating tensions in the region, authorities said. Most of the returning workers came from Saudi Arabia,…
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday clarified that the arrest and repatriation of former lawmaker Zaldy Co requires a coordinated, whole-of-government approach, not just of the DFA, as what Department of the Interior and Local…
NEW YORK — Two Filipinos convicted of crimes in the United States are awaiting removal after completing their respective sentences as the Philippine Consulate General in New York expedites their travel documents and continues to monitor their…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government is looking at the possibility of availing a chartered flight to bring home Filipinos in the Middle East amid ongoing tension in the region. Migrant Workers Undersecretary Felicita Bay disclosed the…
MANILA, Philippines — The number of Filipinos seeking assistance to be repatriated from Israel has reached 191, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). On Friday night, the DFA raised Alert Level 3, which calls for…
MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos in Israel and Iran are told to voluntarily repatriate as the country raised the alert levels in both countries to Alert Level 3 in light of the rising tension in the Middle East.…
MANILA, Philippines — Thirty-seven Filipinos are now being transported out of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for eventual repatriation to the Philippines following Russia’s invasion of the eastern European country, a foreign affairs official said Friday. The Filipinos are…
MANILA, Philippines—Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. was not exaggerating when he described the ongoing repatriation of Filipinos from various countries as the biggest in Philippine history. The last mass repatriation of this magnitude took place in…
Let the seafarers come home! Seafarers may exercise the right to stop working and leave ships in order to return home is the recent strong message of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) in relation to the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—Steve Dicdican, the chief executive officer and general manager of the Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA), expressed willingness to work with Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia in a “collaborative fashion.” Dicdican made this statement…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) has assured that all foreigners that arrive in Cebu to board their repatriation flights have followed the proper protocols of the airport amid the coronavirus disease…
