Historically, we don't pay any visa issuance fees. Even after the transition to jvac/vfs, only the processing fee is collected but the actual visa fee is FREE (gratis). News outlets should provide info if this will affect filipinos bec vague news just creates unnecessary panic.
I think this is the last time I will address this situation, as a PR practitioner, with crisis comms management drilled into my bones (Thank you ABS-CBN CorpComm for arming me to the teeth, and ironically, Ateneo, for expanding my comms studies), so bear with me a bit. 1/n