President Rodrigo Duterte appeals to local government units in the country to welcome back returning overseas Filipino workers in their areas amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to local government units to accept returning overseas Filipino workers in their areas amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
The President lamented that some LGUs are not accepting returning Filipinos abroad back to their localities. Duterte also mentioned that every Filipino has the constitutional right to travel, as enshrined in Section 3 of the Bill of Rights under the 1987 Philippine Constitution, which cannot be taken away by the LGUs.
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