{"id":249526,"date":"2020-03-22T07:08:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T11:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=249526"},"modified":"2020-03-22T07:08:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T11:08:52","slug":"owwa-told-to-provide-free-lodging-to-ofws-during-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/22\/owwa-told-to-provide-free-lodging-to-ofws-during-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"OWWA told to provide free lodging to OFWs during quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_223745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223745\" style=\"width: 2448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img20170720095120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-223745\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img20170720095120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img20170720095120.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img20170720095120-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All inbound Filipino citizens, including their foreign spouses and children, returning to the Philippines, are still allowed to travel to the Philippines, but are subjected to strict quarantine protocols. (File photo by Cristina Arayata\/PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Overseas Welfare Workers Administration (OWWA) has been directed to provide returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) free temporary accommodation in hotels amid the implementation of Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.<\/p>\n<p>The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved Resolution 14, which authorizes OWWA to issue the certifications \u201cit may deem appropriate to the concerned OFWs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIbig sabihin po nito, ang mga<\/em>\u00a0distressed OFWs\u00a0<em>ay pwede na pong ma<\/em>-accommodate\u00a0<em>sa<\/em>\u00a0hotels or similar establishments (It means that distressed OFWs can now be accommodated in hotels or similar establishments),\u201d Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said in a televised speech aired on state-run PTV-4.<\/p>\n<p>The entire Luzon was placed under enhanced community quarantine until April 12 to arrest the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/p>\n<p>All inbound Filipino citizens, including their foreign spouses and children, returning to the Philippines, are still allowed to travel to the Philippines, but are subjected to strict quarantine protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Nograles noted that in the IATF-EID\u2019s updated resolution, issuance of visa, and visa-free entry privileges to all foreign nationals are suspended immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForeign spouses and children of Filipinos are exempted from the above suspension,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines has recorded 380 positive cases of Covid-19, as of Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Nograles appealed for public\u2019s understanding, assuring them that the government is exhausting all efforts to contain Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appeal for patience and calm as we and the whole world face an unprecedented crisis \u2013 one that can be overcome if all of us focus at the singular task at hand: saving each other\u2019s lives,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Overseas Welfare Workers Administration (OWWA) has been directed to provide returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) free temporary accommodation &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":223745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ruth-abbey-gita-carlos","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249527,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249526\/revisions\/249527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}