Cebu Pacific (CEB) brought home 11,423 Filipinos from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, India, Vietnam, Lebanon, and Bahrain via Bayanihan and other chartered flights mounted with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) since July 2021. From Dubai alone, CEB brought home 8,750 Filipinos at the end of the...
The Philippine government will start repatriating overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), some of whom have been sleeping in makeshift tents in public parks after their employers turned them away for testing positive to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A police officer requests foreign domestic helpers on...
More than 40 Filipinos have so far evacuated Ukraine's capital Kyiv to the western city of Lviv and now awaiting repatriation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. PH Ambassador to Warsaw Leah M. Basinang-Ruiz and officials from the Philippine Embassy in Warsaw welcome Filipino evacuees as...
Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Saturday, Feb. 26 called on the government to ensure the safety of Filipinos in Ukraine amid Russia's just-launched invasion of the state. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Lakas-CMD Media) Marcos Jr. in a statement said the Department...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday, Feb. 24, appealed to Filipinos in Ukraine not to panic as it assured that repatriation efforts are currently ongoing amid an impending Russian invasion. A woman passes by the closed US embassy in Kyiv, on February 15, 2022. American citizens have...
Malacañang on Thursday, Feb. 24, said repatriation efforts are now under for Filipinos in Ukraine amid escalating tensions there over a feared Russian invasion. This photograph taken on February 23, 2022 shows the Ukrainian the flag fluttering above the dome of the parliament in Kyiv. (Sergei...
More than 200 overseas Filipinos in Macau recently returned to the Philippines through the government's repatriation program, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Consulate General in Macau) Through the help of the Philippine Consulate General in Macau,...
More than 200 distressed overseas Filipinos recently came back home from Qatar through the government's repatriation efforts, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday, Feb. 10. (Photo courtesy of POLO-Qatar) "The Philippine Embassy in Doha mounted another chartered flight on 07...
More than 450,000 overseas Filipinos have been repatriated from various countries since the government started bringing back distressed Filipinos abroad due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in 2020. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for...
Filipino seafarers and tourists, who were stranded in Spain when the country was included in the Philippines' red list, recently returned home, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday, Jan. 19. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Consulate General in Barcelona/DFA) Through a chartered...
More than 150 stranded overseas Filipinos were able to return home from Bahrain over the holidays, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Embassy in Bahrain/DFA) According to the DFA, the Philippine Embassy in the Kingdom of Bahrain facilitated the return of...
One hundred overseas Filipino workers came back home to the Philippines from Bahrain on New Year's day, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced. (Photo courtesy of Undersecretary Sarah Lou Ysmael Arriola) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Sarah Lou Ysmael Arriola reported...