The Philippines on December 29, 2020, banned “all foreign travelers” from the United Kingdom (UK) and 19 other countries and areas from entering the country following reports of a new strain of coronavirus found in the UK. In a memorandum issued by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, President Rodrigo Duterte approved the extension of the temporary…
An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMIP) on December 28, 2020, reminded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to remain vigilant against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). “Let us remember and accept that this Covid-19 is not stopping, and not slowing down. There is much danger of…
The new and expanded section of the 8.2-kilometer Subic Freeport Expressway (SFEX) will be opened temporarily from December 28, 2020, until January 15, 2021, to serve motorists coming in and out of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone during the holiday season. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority…
After six long years in Saudi Arabia with no inkling whether he would be able to return to the Philippines, Malik Darimbang, a native of Marawi City, is home at last. In February 2014, Malik figured in an accident after a Pakistani rammed the street sweeper vehicle he was driving, killing the foreigner on the…
MASHAV, Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation, awarded a PHP500,000 financial grant to Mary Margaret Barro, the executive director of Makati Medical Foundation for a project that would support healthcare workers in the government forces, the Israel Embassy in Manila announced on December 17, 2020.…
The United Nations (UN) and the Philippine government launched on Wednesday a program that will help promote the rights of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), particularly in the areas of recruitment and reintegration when they return home.…
A total of 40 stranded Filipinos were brought home from North Sulawesi, Indonesia, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). In a press release issued on October 22, 2020, the DFA said the repatriation was made possible through the efforts of the Philippine Consulate General in Manado, in coordination with the Philippine embassy in…
More than 30,000 college students who are dependents of repatriated, displaced, and deceased overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are set to benefit from a P1-billion scholarship fund to be rolled out by the government this year. This was announced by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III after signing a memorandum of agreement on the provision of educational…
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has allocated PHP400 million in educational assistance for children of qualified overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the program, dubbed as Project EASE (Educational Assistance through Scholarship in Emergencies), aims to provide educational aid to qualified college-level…
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the government has facilitated the repatriation of more than 96,000 distressed overseas Filipinos since the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic broke out. “Since the outbreak of the Covid-19, the DFA has been working day in, day out to assist our overseas Filipinos following the instruction of President Duterte…
