MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The Philippine government has lifted its travel ban to Egypt and said it will no longer repatriate Filipinos there to Manila after the situation in Egypt began to normalize.

Foreign Affairs spokesman Eduardo Malaya said on Tuesday the Philippine Embassy in Cairo has lowered its crisis status from level 2, which calls for voluntary repatriation, to level 1, which warns of heightened alertness, in view of the return to normalcy of the situation in Cairo and most of the Egyptian countryside.

"The voluntary repatriation program of the embassy has been concluded after bringing home a total of 94 Filipinos from the said country," Malaya said. "We're also no longer discouraging Filipinos from visiting or proceeding to Egypt."

After 18 days of massive street protests demanding for his resignation, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down Friday and handed over power to the military after ruling the country for nearly three decades.

There are more than 6,000 Filipino in Egypt, concentrated in Cairo and Alexandria. Of this figure, close to 3,000 are domestic helpers, at least a thousand are married to Egyptian nationals, 1, 674 are Filipino-Muslim scholars, and the rest are professionals.

Manila joined the international community in welcoming the much- awaited resolution to the political crisis in Egypt, specially the transitional government that will administer the country until the conduct of national elections in September this year.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo said Egypt has been " a steadfast friend and partner of the Philippines" and wish the Egyptian people success "at this new dawn of freedom and democracy in their land."