Overseas Filipinos’ WorkENDS: How the pandemic ended not only lives but the means of living

FEATURE STORY | By: Karylle B. OchaveNovember 30, 2020

The rise of Covid-19 has taken not only the lives of people but also the means of making a living. With this pandemic, lockdowns are required, and worldwide economic decline has reached an unprecedented rate, calling for the most urgent repair at the cost of people’s employment, damaging the lives of every worker including OFWs. From February to May, there are in excess of 320,000 OFWs who were forced to relinquish their jobs, a now-familiar case that is only expected to surpass a million before the end of 2021.