THE Department of Labor and Employment reported that over 25,000 overseas Filipino workers stranded in different quarantine facilities have been successfully transported to their respective hometowns.

Following the approval of the substitute bill, Chairman of the committee TUCP party-list Rep. Democrito Mendoza assured that the committee will hold more hearings to check on the plight of OFWs and come up with appropriate measures to address their problems amid the pandemic.

EMPATHIZING with the plight of hundreds of overseas Filipino workers in the United Arab Emirates, most of whom are already unemployed and stranded there for months, Senator Richard J. Gordon proposed to allow more passenger flights carrying OFWs to come in.

The lifeless body of Algen Cadungog, OFW from Kuwait and resident of Demapaco Libungan, Cotabato City was discovered by her colleagues at around 6 a.m. hanging with a fabric scarf looped around her neck and the other end tied underneath the stairways inside room 45 of Liza Lodge at Cuneta Avenue, Bgy. 76 which was converted into a quarantine facility for returning OFWs.

A HOUSE leader on Sunday urged the inter-agency task force (IATF) against coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) and the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) to transport workers and students stranded in Luzon due to the extended lockdown.

House Deputy Majority Leader and Zamboanga Sibugay Rep. Wilter “Sharky” Wee Palma II said he was addressing his appeal particularly to Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido “Dodo” Dulay who claimed that OFWs who underwent 14-day quarantine abroad will be allowed to go straight to their homes upon their arrival while Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Administrator Hans Cacdac maintained that all returning OFWs, even asymptomatic ones, are mandated to undergo a 14-day quarantine in facilities and hotels being provided by the government.

“In coordination with the Department of Foreign Affairs, a total of 58 deportees from Abu Dhabi are presently quarantined at the WTC. We also expect that by today additional 340 repatriates and Foreign Affairs officers from Maldives will arrive and will occupy the same facility,” he added.

THE Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said it would implement the resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on relaxing the deployment ban on healthcare workers.

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe could hit 1.8 million worldwide this year even with swift and stringent measures to stop it, according to a study from Britain's Imperial College published Thursday.

THE Department of Labor and Employment has assured workers in the local and overseas employment sectors who have been affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic of government financial assistance through the agency’s programs.

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday informed the public that starting Tuesday (March 24), non-residents will not be allowed into Hong Kong, transit passengers included, for a two-week period.

"The Philippine Embassy in Seoul received confirmation from the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) that a Filipino national tested positive with Covid-19 on 20 March 2020. This is the first confirmed case of Covid-19 infection involving a Filipino national in South Korea," the embassy said Friday night.

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed that there are now a total of 11 Filipino nationals who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Singapore.

CNN PHILIPPINES — Overseas Filipino workers and foreign nationals are now allowed to leave the country anytime within the duration of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon.

THE first batch of 2,000 fast test kits for coronavirus-19 jointly donated by the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines and the China Mammoth Foundation to help the Philippines fight the epidemic arrived yesterday.