Overseas Filipino Workers Return Home Amid Pandemic

At least 681 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Region 12, including 539 flown home and 142 via passenger vessels, have returned amid the pandemic.

The repatriated OFWs are being quarantined for another 14 days in their respective local government units' facilities before they can reunite with their families.

In Western Visayas, nearly 500 OFWs arrived through sea and air travel on Monday, all with negative RT-PCR test results for COVID-19.

Some OFWs expressed dissatisfaction with the treatment at NAIA, describing it as being treated like garbage without food or water during long waits.

Additional repatriated OFWs from Bicol have also returned home, with 278 arriving in batches over several days.