Malacañang has given assurances that the government is more than capable of handling the flood of Filipino workers returning from abroad.

Pt2/news/may26/250520_OFW-mike5 Photo by: Mike Alquinto Around 200 OFWs, who finished their mandatory 14-day quarantine, arrive at the Parañaque Integrated Bus Terminal Exchange (PITX) in Parañaque City, on 25 May 2020, for them to board buses towards their homes. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said that around 24,000 OFWs under mandatory quarantine and whose RT-PCR tests are negative will be sent home beginning today, while over 9,100 are still undergoing mandatory 14-day quarantine.

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