More than 200 stranded OFWs from Western Visayas are expected to arrive in Iloilo City amid complaints of local government officials over the lack of time to prepare for quarantine facilities. | nestorburgosINQ
In a statement issued on Monday afternoon, Roberto Nuñez, chair of the Western Visayas Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19, said 234 OFWs were scheduled to depart Manila at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 27, on board a 2GO vessel bound for Iloilo and Bacolod cities.
In a memorandum to governors and mayors of Western Visayas issued on Sunday, Nuñez, also chair of the Region Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, said 336 OFWs would be arriving in two trips including one on April 29 and another on April 30. These include 150 OFWs from Iloilo, 58 from Bacolod City, 44 from Negros Occidental, 29 from Antique, 28 from Aklan, 25 from Capiz, and 2 from Guimaras.
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