30 Filipinos evacuated from virus-hit Wuhan cleared to go home

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 07:00:31 +0000

ALL 30 Filipinos from Wuhan, China were cleared to go home after showing no signs and symptoms of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) after their 14-day quarantine, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday. In a press statement, the DFA said the 30 Filipinos and 19 others who handled the repatriation were all declared […]

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Repatriation of Filipinos on virus-hit ship reset to ‘early next week’ — DoH

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 07:00:22 +0000

THE arrival on Sunday of almost 500 Filipinos aboard the coronavirus-hit M/V Diamond Princess Cruise Ship was reset to “early next week”, the Department of Health (DoH) announced on Saturday. In a statement, DoH said the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF-EID) “unanimously resolved” to “allow Japanese health authorities to complete the laboratory […]

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Filipino nurses flee Tripoli hospitals amid bombardment

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 23:00:20 +0000

Filipino nurses have fled hospitals in Tripoli amid escalating fighting between rival militias for control of the Libyan capital. Elmer Cato, charge d’affaires at the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli, informed Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. by Twitter on Thursday that embassy officials tried to extricate several nurses but were  unable to reach them due to […]

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PH appeals to 400,000 undocumented Filipinos in Malaysia to come home

THE Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday appealed to some 400,000 undocumented Filipinos in Malayasia to avail of its voluntary deportation program, which would end this August. Philippine Ambassador to Kuala Lumpur Charles Jose, in a statement, also assured Filipinos who have not availed of legal immigration status assistance from the embassy on their return home through the […]

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