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ni Mary Gutierrez Almirañez | May 29, 2021




Binawi ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang temporary suspension sa deployment ng mga overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) papuntang Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), batay kay DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III ngayong araw, May 29.


Aniya, "After receipt of the official communication from the Saudi government this morning which ensures us that the foreign employers and agencies will shoulder the costs of institutional quarantine and other COVID protocols upon arrival in the KSA, the temporary suspension of deployment to the Kingdom is hereby lifted.”


Inabisuhan na rin ni Bello ang Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) upang ipatupad ‘immediately’ ang pagbawi sa naunang desisyon, sapagkat naging malinaw na sa kanila na KSA employers ang magbabayad sa 10-day quarantine at iba pang quarantine protocol requirements ng mga OFWs na ide-deploy sa Saudi, at hindi ang mismong OFW.


Giit pa ni POEA Administrator Bernand Olalia, “Ipinaliwanag na po nila na hindi dapat kasama ang OFWs doon sa travel advisory kung saan may pananagutan na mag-institutional quarantine, at magbayad ng COVID-19 tests at insurance coverage.”


Matatandaan namang mahigit 400 Saudi-bound OFWs ang na-stranded sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) nitong Biyernes dahil sa deployment suspension.


"I understand that the suspension order drew confusion and irritation among our affected departing OFWs. Again, I apologize for the inconvenience and momentary anguish that it may have caused our dear OFWs. It was to the best interest of our OFWs that such decision had to be made," sabi pa ni Bello.




 
 

ni Mary Gutierrez Almirañez | May 6, 2021




Dalawampung libong tabletas ng Ivermectin at iba pang undeclared regulated drugs ang naharang sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) ngayong araw, May 6.


Ayon sa Bureau of Customs, nanggaling ang mga gamot sa New Delhi, India at idineklara sa shipment bilang mga food supplements, multivitamins at multi-mineral capsules.


Paliwanag naman ni Director Jesusa Joyce N. Cirunay ng Center for Drug Regulation and Research, ang mga pinapayagan lamang na Ivermectin sa bansa ay ‘yung galing sa importer na idi-distribute sa mga ospital na aprubado ang compassionate special permit (CSP).


Aniya, "In case Ivermectin has been granted authorization, a valid License to Operate (LTO) as Drug Importer and Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) or Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) shall be presented."


Sa ngayon ay 5 ospital na ang pinahihintulutan ng Food and Drug Administration (FDA) upang ipainom ang Ivermectin sa kanilang pasyenteng may COVID-19, buhat nu’ng maaprubahan ang isinumiteng CSP.


Gayunman, patuloy pa ring ipinagbabawal ang ilegal na pag-inom at pagdi-distribute ng Ivermectin sa bansa hangga’t hindi pa napatutunayan sa clinical trial test ang effectivity nito.

 
 
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