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Philippines orders Filipinos near Fukushima plant home

By Tonyo Cruz Tue, Apr 12, 2011 6:09PM UTC View Comments

Citing reports from its embassy in Tokyo and instructions from President Benigno Aquino III, the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila has announced the start of mandatory repatriation of Filipinos who are within the 50-kilometer radius of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant whose disaster level is now at par with Chernobyl. The DFA statement...

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List of Filipinos repatriated from strife-torn Libya

By Tonyo Cruz Wed, Mar 02, 2011 12:11PM UTC View Comments

The Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila today published a partial list of Filipino workers who have been repatriated from strife-torn Libya. The Philippines has at least 17,000 of its citizens living and working in Libya, although government estimates place the number to as many as 30,000. Another set of figures are also being made...

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26 Filipinos flee Egypt

By Tonyo Cruz Sat, Feb 05, 2011 7:47PM UTC View Comments

While thousands of foreign nationals have left Egypt, only 26 out of several thousands of Filipinos have so far fled the crisis-stricken African country. “The repartriates—14 women, 10 minors and two men—will depart Cairo aboard an Emirates Airlines flight at 6:55 p.m., Cairo time, and arrive at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport via Dubai Sunday...

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