SOME 5,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who were stranded due to the Taiwan travel ban, are set to leave the country bound for Taiwan.

“We have received an order from the Office of the President yesterday afternoon lifting the travel restrictions,” said Morente. “This follows the resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Disease (IATF), which we are bound to implement immediately. Hence, travel may now be made by any foreign national to Taiwan from the Philippines and vice versa,” he stated.

Manila Cultural and Economic Office (MECO) Chairman Lito Banayo said Taiwan is on the verge of slamming the Philippines with a number of directives which ultimately will have a direct effect on the fate of OFWs now in Taiwan and Filipinos who want to work in the island republic.

PUZZLED by the inclusion of Taiwan in the travel ban, Chairman Lito Banayo of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) is due to arrive today to appeal the imposition of the expanded travel ban which affects overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

According to the CEB management, their move is in support of the efforts by the Philippine government to manage the risks from the Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease [nCoV ARD], and the inclusion of Taiwan in the travel ban.

AS precautionary and preventive measure, the Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminals are all equipped with the safety Personal Protective Suits to assist incoming passengers who are positive with novel Corona Virus (nCoV).

BUREAU of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Friday barred from entering the country 36 Chinese nationals who came from Macau, which is covered by the travel ban imposed over the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV) acute respiratory disease outbreak.

The flag carrier was compelled to cancel its mainland China flights since February 2, after the Philippine Government imposed a ban on travel of Filipinos to mainland China Hong Kong and Macau, along with restrictions barring foreign nationals from China from entering the Philippines (except for those holding Philippine-issued Permanent Resident Visas).

FINALLY, Chinese nationals stranded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) were able to return to their country on a China Southern Airlines flight back to Guangzhou, China yesterday.

Thousands of OFWs on vacation leave fear losing their jobs due to travel ban.

SOME 250,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) based  in Hong Kong and Macau are deeply worried about losing t

THOUSANDS of incoming passengers, regardless of their nationality, who came from China, Hong Kong and Macau were prevented from entering the country by Bureau of Immigration authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminals after Malacañang issued a directive banning all passengers coming from China to contain the spread of the killer Novel Corona Virus (nCoV).

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) yesterday said it barred more than 38,000 travelers from leaving the country last year as it pressed its campaign against human trafficking in the different international airports.

BUREAU of Quarantine medical staff yesterday strictly screened passengers and crew members of Cebu Pacific flight 5J 111 from Hong Kong upon arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as authorities suspected four travelers were reportedly exposed to a person infected with the novel coronavirus.

MEDICAL experts at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on heightened alert against deadly virus yesterday subjected two Chinese arriving from Guangzhou, China to examination upon arrival on China Southern flight CZ3091 after thermal scanners showed they had 38 degrees Celsius body temperature.

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) has posted a record high income of more than P11 billion last year, up by 29 percent from its revenue in 2018.