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[South East Asia] Philippine President wants stuck workers to reach home in a week
As thousands of Filipino workers grew frustrated of being stuck in a ship cabin, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took speedy action and gave his government a week to process about 24,000 repatriated Filipino workers stuck for weeks on cruise ships or in coronavirus quarantine, so they can finally go home.Thousands are aboard cruise vessels off Manila Bay or stuck in hotels and crowded health facilities, some growing frustrated having tested negative for the coronavirus and completed the mandated 14-day quarantine.Overseas Filipino Workers, or OFWs, are breadwinners and a key support base of Duterte. Their more than US$30 billion of annual remittances is a key driver of the Philippine economy, sustaining millions of family members."The president said they can use all government resourc...