They are the first batch of the 114 Filipinos who signed up for government-assisted repatriation service. The department is eyeing to repatriate all 114 individuals by the second week of August.
The World Bank will not offer fresh funding for Sri Lanka, a bankrupt island nation whose former leader just fled. The Finance Ministry says technical discussions have resumed with the International Monetary Fund.
Mass protests forced the country’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee and analysts warn that other countries may face greater unrest in the coming months.