Close to 180 distressed Filipinos from Saudi Arabia and other parts of Europe were recently brought back to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah/DFA) The nationals arrived in the country on Dec. 24 aboard a...
Hundreds of distressed overseas Filipino workers from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia returned to the Philippines just in time for Christmas, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday, Dec. 24. (Photo courtesy of Nabilah RbMaruhom/DFA) A total of 354 distressed or stranded overseas Filipinos arrived...
More than 300 overseas Filipinos were recently brought back home from Malaysia and Macau through the Philippines' repatriation program, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday, Dec. 22. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) A total of 113 distressed Filipinos from Malaysia arrived in the...
Distressed Filipinos in Europe are encouraged to seek the assistance of Philippine embassies in their areas for their repatriation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, Dec. 14. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Lou Arriola made the...
Around 175 overseas Filipinos, including seafarers, nationals affected by escalating conflicts, and human trafficking victims from the Netherlands, Ethiopia, and Syria were recently brought back home, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) Around 150 stranded...
Around 100,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are expected to return home this month in time with the Christmas season, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said Friday, Dec. 10. (Jansen Romero / File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "For this Christmas, umaasa tayo ng 80,000 to 100,000 (we...
Only Filipino migrant workers who have existing employment contracts will be allowed to return to Iraq following the downgrade of the alert level there due to the improvements in the foreign land’s security situation. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Hindi pa po pinapayagan ang mga new hires o...
Close to 60 overseas Filipinos were recently brought back to the Philippines from Bahrain, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, Nov. 2. BACK HOME -- Overseas Filipinos, who are detainees, overstaying, wards at the Embassy Shelter, and with medical conditions were repatriated to the...
0929 5J 27 Cebu Pacific (CEB) operated two more Bayanihan flights for the month of September to repatriate overseas Filipinos stranded in the Middle East. The airline's latest Bayanihan flight this week brought home 346 Filipinos from Dubai. Since July, CEB transported over 4,600 Filipinos from...
A total of 367 distressed and undocumented Filipinos from the Middle East have finally made it home to the Philippines via a sweeper flight mounted by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) over the weekend. Filipino repatriates from Lebanon, Syria, and Bahrain undergo health protocol upon their...
Two Filipinos were unable to leave Afghanistan on Thursday following the two incidents of suicide bombings outside Kabul airport, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday. Department of Foreign Affairs The DFA said the two Filipinos were at the airport earlier in the day when the deadly...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday confirmed the arrival of three more Filipinos evacuated from Kabul and transited via Doha, Qatar. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) An estimated 185 Filipinos have already left the Afghan capital mostly through foreign military planes or...
