OFWs now allowed to resume work abroad

Land-based and sea-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) may now be deployed abroad as long as they sign a declaration saying they are aware of the risks involved, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said.

The deployment ban on health-care professionals, however, remains.

Only health-care workers who have signed employment contracts as of March 8 will be allowed to leave the country. —JULIE M. AURELIO

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