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tv Some 43,000 more overseas Filipino workers are expected to come home between May and June as the coronavirus pandemic slashed jobs all over the world, the Department of Labor and Employment said Wednesday.
Many other OFWs are stranded abroad, like those in Kuwait which is under lockdown and prohibits flights, Bello said without providing an exact tally.
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