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MANILA, May 25 — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has given his government a week to process some 24,000 repatriated Filipino workers stuck for weeks on cruise ships or in coronavirus quarantine, so they can finally go home. Thousands are aboard cruise vessels off Manila Bay or stuck in...

Philippine Coast Guard staff hold a meeting inside the Carnival Spirit cruise ship docked at Manila Bay's anchorage, Philippines May 8, 2020. — Philippine Coast Guard handout via Reuters

Overseas Filipino Workers, or OFWs, are breadwinners and a key support base of Duterte. Their more than US$30 billion of annual remittances is a key driver of the Philippine economy, sustaining millions of family members. The cruise ship cluster off Manila Bay numbered 29 vessels today, none with passengers aboard. They contain thousands of Filipino crew still awaiting coronavirus tests, many no longer receiving salaries and venting frustrations having already met conditions for release.

 

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