Author Archives: Jojo Dass

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates:  Dubai appears to finally be on the road to overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the head of the city’s COVID-19 Command and Control Centre. Dr. Amer Ahmad Sharif, command center’s chief noted that infection rate in the last three weeks has considerably fallen while hospital capacity is not anymore overwhelmedContinue reading “COVID: Dubai finally overcoming pandemic, says head of command center”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The number of new COVID-19 infections in the UAE has declined to some 300 in the past two days from the usual average of 500 detections, records from the Ministry of Health and Protection (MoHAP) showed. There were 346 new cases today, June 16, 2020; 342 yesterday and 304 on JuneContinue reading “Number of new COVID cases in UAE goes down”

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has repatriated 370 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have either been stranded in UAE while on visit visas or terminated by their employers in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Consul General Paul Raymund Cortes, head of the Philippine mission in Dubai and its neighboring northern emirates, told reportersContinue reading “DFA repatriates 370 OFWs from Dubai and Abu Dhabi”

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Valid UAE resident visa holders who have been stranded elsewhere after the government suspended all flights back in March may now return to the country. This is great news for thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were in the Philippines on vacation or business trips when the flightContinue reading “Stranded resident visa holders may now return to UAE”

Philippine Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Hjayceelyn M. Quintana led the inauguration of the Passport Renewal Center (PaRC) at VFS Global in the World Trade Center in Abu Dhabi city. The inauguration coincided with the commemoration of Philippine Independence Day, which falls every 12th of June.   This is the second PaRC facility for Philippine passport renewal that isContinue reading “PH Ambassador Quintana leads inauguration of passport renewal facility”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: An 11-month-old boy ended up COVID-positive after adults at a flat, two of whom were unknowingly infected with the coronavirus, took turns cuddling him. The baby was brought by his parents along as they visited friends at a shared accommodation in Karama. The parents, too, including two other occupants of theContinue reading “COVID: 11-month baby infected after adults took turns cuddling him”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Whenever calamities hit home, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the UAE are quick to pass the hat. But what happens when they themselves are faced with a whammy like the current COVID-19 pandemic? They stick together – preparing hot meals they give for free and bartering pre-loved items for groceries toContinue reading “COVID DIARIES: Free food for the needy”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Getting infected with coronavirus in shared accommodations is like a bowling match: pins fall one after another while others are shaken and the rest remain standing. This, according to 43-year-old Jolly Milette Santo Zulueta, flower shop operations manager, who live with her husband, Richard, a communications director at a skills trainingContinue reading “Dubai COVID survivor says infection in the flats is like bowling: ‘Some pins fall.’”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: A Filipina successfully gave birth to a healthy baby boy at 38,000 feet on board a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight from Dubai to Manila as cabin attendants assisted her with help by one of the pilots, who was receiving step-by-step procedures from a doctor through a satellite phone. “It was aContinue reading “DRAMA AT 38,000 FEET: Pilot gets instructions on satphone for crew helping a Filipina deliver baby in mid-flight”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: A Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight with 25 pregnant Filipinas on board had a very interesting story to it after one of the expectant moms gave birth to a healthy baby boy while the plane was flying at over 30,000 feet. Agnes Pagaduan, PAL country manager for the UAE told Daily BreadContinue reading “Manila-bound Filipina gives birth while on a plane from Dubai”