Duterte orders local govt units to accept returning overseas workers

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday warned Local Government Units (LGUs) that they would face sanctions if they failed to accept Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) returning to their hometowns as part of government measures to help nationals leave coronavirus-hit countries. “I am ordering you to accept them, open the gates of your territories and allow the people to travel wherever they want,” Duterte said in an address aired late on Monday night. The government on Monday began to facilitate the return of some...