(File photo) MANILA - The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Friday said the government's move to scrap quarantine for returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a big relief, particularly in the use of government funds. OWWA chief Hans Leo Cacdac, in a virtual forum, said a huge chunk of their funds is spent for quarantine expenses alone. "In terms of the budget, about PHP24 billion is being spent on the repatriation effort. Around PHP17 billion of the PHP24 billion in (quarantine) hotels. So it's a great relief also in the pocket of the national government, given to us courtesy of the DBM (Department of Budget and Management). Of course, with the approval of the President. We are very grateful," Cacdac said. Cacdac said with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) Resolution No. 159, effective February 1, they transported over 10,000 O
that grabs attention. no better than these humiliating events. make a lot of money. anthony weiner, anne casey, kim kardashi kardashian, whatever it is, attention creates money. it s for silly people. if there s a sense that you described of self- of empathy, of shame, of, oh, with wish we weren t dealing with this, whatever it might be, but there s an economic mod that can get rich exploiting that event where does that leave all of our relationship with each other and our own respect for one another and our own humility to actually solve problems at a time when we re going to need a lot of it? let s just say economic motive should not determine ethical conduct any more than slavery was good for the economy. it was. 2 was. that does not change the fact it s morally reprehensible and