Pinoy OFW News – News and information about Overseas Filipino Workers around the globe. We share the latest updates on current updates about fellow Pinoys working overseas. Good to learn about what’s going on with our kababayans.
Despite the enhanced community quarantine currently placed over Luzon, a Palace official has announced that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), balikbayans, and foreigners are allowed to leave the Philippines anytime. Late evening on Tuesday, 17th March 2020, … Read more
President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the entire island of Luzon under an “enhanced community quarantine,” as part of the Philippine government’s efforts to help contain and prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19. During … Read more
As of Saturday evening, 14th March 2020, the Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a total of 111 cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines, with eight reported deaths. A few hours later, at exactly 12:00 am … Read more
President Rodrigo Duterte has discussed urgent measures to combat COVID-19, particularly in the National Capital Region (NCR), which has seen a rise in confirmed cases in the past few days. The President discussed the matter through … Read more
President Rodrigo Duterte is set to undergo testing for COVID-19 after two of his Cabinet members disclosed that they have interacted with infected persons. This is what Duterte’s former aide, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go confirmed through … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the new coronavirus (COVID-19) as a PANDEMIC. In a media briefing by WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, has officially labelled the disease following thousands of … Read more
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in most parts of the world, a Filipina based in Italy comes forward in a video detailing her experience about the highly infectious disease. While the numbers are … Read more
As the number of cases of coronavirus continues to soar – now surpassing the 100,000-mark, various countries including the US have triggered emergency declarations sparking fear of a pandemic, which hammered global markets on Monday (March … Read more
The list of confirmed COVID-19 in the Philippines is getting longer by the day. Hence, we have decided to share pertinent information about each case, based on the latest press releases from the Department of Health … Read more
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has placed the entire country on lockdown, as part of drastic measures to contain and prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19. On Monday, 9th March 2020, the … Read more