500 Pinoys onboard Diamond Princess repatriated Sunday

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:39:38 +0000

MV Diamond Princess

The Department of Health yesterday announced that Filipinos onboard the M/V Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama, Japan will be repatriated on Sunday.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that some 500 Filipinos are set to return to the country on Sunday.

“The exact time is being determined by the DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) as they are coordinating the repatriation with their counterpart in Japan and with the Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Labor,” Duque told reporters.

“We will have to await the exact time that they will be flown out and their arrival in Clark Airbase Haribon Hangar. I was told that there will be two planes that will bring in our compatriots but they are not arriving at the same time, I think there will be some two or three h
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