Locsin vows to fight health worker deployment ban
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is opposing the temporary ban on deploying Filipino health workers overseas during the coronavirus pandemic.
Locsin vowed to fight the ban in the Interagency Task Force (IATF) and Cabinet, calling it an 'abomination' that violates constitutional rights.
A Philippine Overseas Employment Administration resolution signed on April 2 temporarily suspends deployment of all healthcare workers until travel restrictions are lifted at destination countries and the national state of emergency is over.
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