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EARLIER, THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) EXPRESSED READINESS IN REPATRIATING FILIPINOS IN WUHAN AND THE REST OF HUBEI PROVINCE 「SUBJECT TO CHINA』S RULES ON DISEASE CONTAINMENT, INCLUDING
「FORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO NEWS THAT ANY FILIPINO HAS BEEN INFECTED BY THE VIRUS. THIS INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE FILIPINOS IN WUHAN, BUT ALL OVER CHINA,」 STA. ROMANA SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ANC.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — THE GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING CHEAP FACE MASKS FOR FILIPINOS IN HONG KONG AND MACAU AS THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASE OUTBREAK REACHED OTHER COUNTRIES.
HE SAID THAT WHILE FILIPINOS WERE ALSO VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION BY SPANIARDS, THE COLONIZERS “COMMITTED DOUBLE OR TRIPLE DISCRIMINATIONS AGAINST THE MUSLIM OR MORO AND CHINESE MINORITIES BASED ON RACE, DIFFERENT RELIGION AND ALSO FEARS OF CHINESE ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS.”
THE AMBASSADOR SAID THE REPATRIATED FILIPINOS WOULD HAVE TO AGREE, AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT"S PROTOCOL, TO BE QUARANTINED FOR TWO WEEKS TO ENSURE THAT THE VIRUS WOULD NOT SPREAD IN THE PHILIPPINES. HE ADDED THAT THE FILIPINOS THERE WOULD ALSO RISK EXPOSURE TO THE VIRUS DURING THE ACTUAL REPATRIATION, FROM LEAVING THEIR HOMES TO MEETING THE DRIVER AND INTERPRETER WHO WILL BRING THEM TO THEIR PLANES.
LONDON - AS THE CLOCK TICKED DOWN AND GOT CLOSER TO 11 P.M. ON JANUARY 31, THE TIME BRITAIN WAS TO LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION, FILIPINOS AND BRITISH-FILIPINOS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WEIGHED IN ON BREXIT AND ITS RIPPLE EFFECTS ON THEIR BUSINESS AND PERSONAL LIVES.
「OUR DFA (DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS) OFFICIALS ARE WAITING FOR CHINA TO DECIDE. BECAUSE THEY REJECTED OUR SUGGESTION TO EVACUATE THE FILIPINOS IN WUHAN WHO WANT TO GO HOME,」 GO TOLD REPORTERS IN AN INTERVIEW.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 750,000 FILIPINOS LIVING AND WORKING IN THE UAE. DURING THE MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME-CORONAVIRUS (MERS-COV) OUTBREAK IN THE UAE IN THE PREVIOUS DECADE, ONE FILIPINA DIED DUE TO THE DISEASE.
MANILA (UPDATE) — FILIPINOS IN CHINA ARE ADVISED TO GO ON "SELF-QUARANTINE" BY STAYING INDOORS AND "MINIMIZING" CONTACT WITH CROWDS TO AVOID A NEW STRAIN OF CORONAVIRUS, MANILA'S ENVOY TO BEIJING SAID TUESDAY, AS OFFICIALS IN THE PHILIPPINES DISCUSSED EVACUATION PLANS.
THE WUHAN VIRUS, HOWEVER, DID NOT STOP THE SINULOG IN SINGAPORE FROM DEMONSTRATING THE VIBRANT FAITH OF FILIPINOS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. STILL IT SHOWED HOW FILIPINOS, FROM MERELY RECEIVING THE GOSPEL FROM SPANIARDS ALMOST 500 YEARS AGO, ARE NOW THE ONES SPREADING CATHOLICISM WORLDWIDE – IN THE WORDS OF POPE FRANCIS LATE LAST YEAR, "SMUGGLERS OF THE FAITH."
MANILA - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON SUNDAY SAID THAT THE PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL IN SHANGHAI "IS ALREADY IN TOUCH WITH AROUND 150 FILIPINOS IN WUHAN CITY" WHICH WAS THE SOURCE OF THE VIRAL OUTBREAK THAT HAS ALREADY KILLED MORE THAN 50.
THERE COULD BE AROUND 150 FILIPINOS IN WUHAN, A NORMALLY BUSTLING TRANSPORT HUB IN CENTRAL CHINA HOME TO A HUGE STEEL AND AUTO INDUSTRY, OFFICIALS EARLIER SAID.
「WE URGE ALL FILIPINOS IN HONG KONG TO COOPERATE WITH SAID INITIATIVE, ESPECIALLY BY FOLLOWING GUIDELINES ISSUED BY HONG KONG HEALTH AUTHORITIES,」 IT SAID IN ITS ADVISORY ON SUNDAY.
IN AN ADVISORY, THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN THE UAE SAID FILIPINOS IN THE EMIRATE OF ABU DHABI WHO NEED ASSISTANCE MAY CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:

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