Resumption of OFW deployment to Taiwan pushed

Janvic Mateo – The Philippine Star January 16, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) has reiterated its request to the Taiwanese government to reopen its borders to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were “stranded” in the Philippines because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement on Friday, MECO said its chairman and resident representative Wilfredo Fernandez brought up the matter during his recent meeting with Taiwan’s Labor Minister Hsu Ming-Chun. Some 5,000 OFWs were reportedly affected when Taiwan decided to defer the entry of migrant work…

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