PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte gave three government agencies one week to ensure that all 24,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Metro Manila awaiting the results of their coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) tests are sent back to their homes, his spokesman said on Monday.

Secretary Harry Roque said these are the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), and the Department of Health (DoH).

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