Thirty-one Filipino repatriates have departed Qatar after a delay due to the temporary closure of Qatar 's airspace amid airstrikes, the Philippine Embassy in Qatar said. The embassy said the 31 Filipinos, who evacuated from Israel, Jordan, Palestine, and Qatar, have left Doha for Manila on...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has pledged to provide psychosocial interventions and other forms of assistance to Filipinos repatriated from Myanmar, where they were allegedly victims of trafficking. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday, March 26 assured that the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far assisted over 200 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and other Overseas Filipinos (OFs) who have been repatriated to the country amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza. Since Oct. 18, when the first batch of repatriates...
​The possibly last batch of Filipinos to be repatriated from Gaza will arrive in Manila on Wednesday, Nov. 15, after a series of efforts conducted by the Philippine government in the war-torn Palestinian territory. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said...
A total of 14 Filipinos from among the 56 who were earlier reported to cross to Egypt from Gaza returned to the war-torn Palestinian territory after their spouses were not allowed to join them in border crossing, a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official said Friday, Nov. 10. DFA...
A total of 35 Filipinos from war-torn Gaza are arriving in the Philippines on Friday afternoon, ending their month-long ordeal of waiting to be able to flee from the heavy bombardments on the Palestinian territory. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday, Nov. 9, that 35 of 40...
Two Filipinos from the West Bank left Jordan Wednesday as they were sent off by Philippine Ambassador in Amman Wilfredo Santos, who for a month has been encouraging Filipinos in the Palestinian territory to seek repatriation from the government. Two female Filipinos from the West Bank were the...
Gaza's border with Egypt opened on Tuesday, ending the month-long wait of foreign nationals who have been seeking to leave the war-torn Palestinian territory. Speaking in a press conference, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said the Rafah border between Gaza...
The Philippine government is repatriating the first batch of Filipinos from the West Bank, a Palestinian territory separated from Gaza, after two Filipinos already crossed to Jordan. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said the two Filipinos will leave the...
All Filipinos in war-torn Gaza have been given clearance to leave and cross to Egypt after almost a month of facing uncertainty in the face of Israel's heavy bombardment on the Palestinian territory. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega announced the...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday, May 6, that there were no more Filipinos trapped at the Egypt-Sudan border. (Photo courtesy of DFA) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Affairs Eduardo Jose de Vega told DZMM’s TeleRadyo from Cairo that some 320 Filipinos from Sudan...
Four Filipinos were assisted in reaching safe ground in Saudi Arabia after their evacuation from the war in Khartoum that has so far displaced more than 330,000 people. The Filipinos arrived at the King Faisal Naval Base on Thursday, May 4, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from Port Sudan, which had become a...