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THE PHILIPPINES LIFTED A SHORT-LIVED BAN ON TRAVEL TO TAIWAN ON FEB. 14. IT MAY DO THE SAME FOR MIGRANT WORKERS TO HONG KONG IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, FOREIGN SECRETARY TEODORO LOCSIN WROTE ON TWITTER FEB. 15: "TIME TO ALLOW OUR DOMESTIC WORKERS TO RETURN TO THEIR EMPLOYERS IN HONG KONG. EAGERLY AWAITED. HK HAS BETTER FACILITIES TO CONTAIN VIRUS.”
A GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE DECIDED TO EXEMPT THOSE WORKING IN HONG KONG AND MACAU FROM THE TRAVEL BAN “SUBJECT TO CERTAIN FORMALITIES,” FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDERSECRETARY BRIGIDO DULAY SAID ON HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT ON TUESDAY. THE GOVERNMENT ALSO LIFTED ON FEB. 14 A DAYS-OLD TRAVEL BAN ON TAIWAN.
THAT MORNING, ON FEB. 2, PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE OF THE PHILIPPINES HAD ANNOUNCED A TEMPORARY TRAVEL BAN THAT BARRED FLIGHTS ARRIVING FROM MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU. AT THE AIRPORT, OFFICIALS TOLD MS. DORINGO THAT THE BAN ALSO APPLIED TO FILIPINO TRAVELERS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
KIMMY CHUNG JOINED THE POST IN 2017 AND REPORTS FOR THE HONG KONG DESK ON LOCAL POLITICS AND HONG KONG-MAINLAND ISSUES. PRIOR TO JOINING THE POST, SHE COVERED HONG KONG POLITICS AND SOCIAL POLICIES FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS FOR DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS.
METRO MANILA (CNN PHILIPPINES, FEBRUARY 18) — FILIPINOS WORKING IN HONG KONG AND MACAU ARE NOW ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR JOBS DESPITE THE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE, AN OFFICIAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SAID ON TUESDAY.
CITING REPORTS FROM TOUR GUIDES, THE OFFICIAL SAID 106 TAIWANESE TRAVELERS TRAPPED AT THE KALIBO AIRPORT WERE TO RETURN TO TAIWAN ON TUESDAY, WHILE THOSE AT THE MANILA AIRPORT WERE DUE TO FLY HOME ON A CHINA AIRLINES FLIGHT SCHEDULED TO DEPART AT 10:45 A.M.
AIR NEW ZEALAND WILL RETURN TO SHANGHAI ONLY IF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ARE RELAXED NEXT MONTH AND IS PULLING CAPACITY FROM HONG KONG BECAUSE THE CORONAVIRUS, WHICH HAS PUSHED AVIATION IN CHINA INTO A TAILSPIN.
THE NEW INCOMING TRAVEL BAN INCLUDES ALL FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO HAVE BEEN IN CHINA SINCE FEB. 7, TAIWAN’S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID IN A STATEMENT. IT EXTENDS AN EXISTING BAN ON VISITORS FROM CHINA BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE VISITORS FROM HONG KONG AND MACAU.
TAIWAN"S GOVERNMENT RAISED ITS TRAVEL WARNING FOR THE NEW CORONAVIRUS, ADVISING PEOPLE NOT TO VISIT HONG KONG OR MACAU UNLESS THEY HAVE TO, AND TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS IF GOING TO SINGAPORE OR THAILAND.
“TEMPORARILY, DUE TO THE TRAVEL BAN, THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED [TO GO THERE]. BECAUSE THERE IS NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN VISA TYPES IN THE DIRECTIVE FOR A TRAVEL BAN,” BI SPOKESPERSON DANA SANDOVAL SAID IN A PRESS BRIEFING IN MALACANANG.
PART OF THE DISCUSSION WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE REQUEST OF STRANDED HONG KONG-BASED OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) IN MANILA TO SIGN A WAIVER AND BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR JOBS.
THE MANPOWER MINISTRY HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL ASK INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKER PLACEMENT COMPANIES (P3MI) TO STOP PLACING WORKERS IN MAINLAND CHINA AND WILL TIGHTEN SCREENINGS OF FUTURE DEPARTURES TO HONG KONG AND TAIWAN AMID THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK. (SHUTTERSTOCK/-)
HOSPITAL WORKERS IN HONG KONG HAVE VOTED TO GO ON STRIKE FROM MONDAY UNLESS THE TERRITORY"S BORDER WITH MAINLAND CHINA IS COMPLETELY CLOSED. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS REFUSED TO DO SO CITING WHO RECOMMENDATIONS.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — THE GUARANTEED SAFETY OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) WORKING IN CHINA AND ITS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS (SARS) MAY PUSH PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE TO LIFT THE TRAVEL BAN AND ALLOW THEM TO RETURN TO THEIR JOBS THERE, CABINET SECRETARY KARLO NOGRALES SAID WEDNESDAY.
CHINESE-RULED HONG KONG, WHICH HAS SIX CONFIRMED CASES, WILL ALSO BAN ENTRY FROM MONDAY TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE VISITED HUBEI PROVINCE IN THE PAST 14 DAYS, THE CITY’S GOVERNMENT SAID. THE RULE DOES NOT APPLY TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS.

 

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