Middle East & Africa

Middle East & Africa

Philippine Embassy in Doha mounts another chartered flight to send overseas Filipinos home

The Philippine Embassy in Doha repatriated a total of 318 overseas Filipinos, including an infant, via a chartered flight of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) on June 24, 2020. The chartered…

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Nearly 300 Filipinos return home from North Africa—successfully completing one of the most complicated missions of the DFA

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) brought home 280 Filipinos from Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia in its first repatriation from North Africa on June 22. In its report to Foreign…

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Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah repatriates over 300 stranded Filipinos in Jeddah and other parts of Western Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah successfully repatriated a total of 344 Filipinos based in Jeddah and other parts of the Western Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on…

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122nd Anniversary of Philippine Independence commemorated online by Philippine Embassy in Tel-Aviv

Philippine Ambassador to Israel Nathaniel “Neal” Imperial led a special two-day celebration to commemorate the 122nd Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence at the Balai Quezon, the Embassy’s cultural…

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Over 700 Filipinos arrive home from the Middle East

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) repatriated a total of 761 Filipinos from the Middle East — Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) via two separate chartered flights on…

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More Filipinos repatriated by the DFA, nearly 300 arrive home from the United Arab Emirates

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs (OUMWA), continues its repatriation efforts by welcoming home distressed Filipinos from the United Arab…

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175 overseas Filipinos arrive back to the Philippines from Kuwait, repatriated by the DFA

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) continued to support Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), repatriating 175 Filipinos via Kuwait Airlines flight KU 1427. The travelers were beneficiaries of the amnesty and…

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Food relief drive for Filipinos impacted by the COVID-19 crisis organized by the Philippine Consulate General in Istanbul

The Consulate General in Istanbul, in coordination with the Filipino International Charity for Social, Culture and the Arts (FICASCA), and with the assistance of members of the Filipino Students in…

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Philippine Embassy in Doha mounts a chartered flight to bring overseas Filipinos home

The Philippine Embassy in Doha repatriated a total of 278 overseas Filipinos, including an infant, via a chartered Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight on 20 May 2020. The chartered flight included…

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352 Filipinos arrive home from Saudi Arabia

352 Filipinos employed by the Nasser S. Al Hajri Corporation in Dammam, Saudi Arabia have arrived back in the Philippines. With this flight, the total number of repatriated OFWs has…

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To fight COVID-19 in Ethiopia, Filipino engineers, teachers innovate disinfection cabin

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — In the continuing battle against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a team of Filipino expatriate engineers and teachers in Amhara Region in north-central Ethiopia innovated a disinfection…

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Filipino designed pedal operated handwashers help combat COVID-19 in Ethiopia

Addis Adaba — A team of Filipino engineers and teachers developed a handwashing technology to counter the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia upon the request…

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Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Emirates Red Crescent collaborate to support Filipinos in the UAE amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Abu Dhabi — The Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) jointly took part in the “bayanihan” outreach initiative to provide aid to vulnerable Filipinos who…

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Philippine Embassy in Doha mounts another chartered flight to send overseas Filipinos home

Nearly 300 Filipinos return home from North Africa—successfully completing one of the most complicated missions of the DFA

Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah repatriates over 300 stranded Filipinos in Jeddah and other parts of Western Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

122nd Anniversary of Philippine Independence commemorated online by Philippine Embassy in Tel-Aviv

Over 700 Filipinos arrive home from the Middle East

More Filipinos repatriated by the DFA, nearly 300 arrive home from the United Arab Emirates

175 overseas Filipinos arrive back to the Philippines from Kuwait, repatriated by the DFA

Food relief drive for Filipinos impacted by the COVID-19 crisis organized by the Philippine Consulate General in Istanbul

Philippine Embassy in Doha mounts a chartered flight to bring overseas Filipinos home

352 Filipinos arrive home from Saudi Arabia

To fight COVID-19 in Ethiopia, Filipino engineers, teachers innovate disinfection cabin

Filipino designed pedal operated handwashers help combat COVID-19 in Ethiopia

Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Emirates Red Crescent collaborate to support Filipinos in the UAE amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Filipino engineers, teachers continue fight against COVID-19 in Ethiopia

More OFWs repatriated from Africa and Middle East

Over 200 more Filipinos repatriated from Dubai

303 Filipinos repatriated from Kuwait

Food Bank Drive held in Saudi Arabia for Filipinos severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic

Travel restrictions extended in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

253 Filipinos from Kuwait fly home to the Philippines amid the COVID-19 crisis

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