Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said that the government has repatriated 1,456,364 Filipinos from abroad since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. Lorenzana reported to President Rodrigo Duterte that of this number, 1,169,447 were overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and 296,917 were returning residents.  The government said that this has been the biggest repatriation effort …

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