All Filipino workers who will be evacuated from conflict-stricken countries will now be interviewed upon arrival in the country, Vice President Jejomar Binay said after the discovery of many underaged workers being sent abroad. Read the rest of this entry »
VP Binay orders mandatory interviews for OFW repatriates
January 18, 2012
Click’ on DOLE for services
January 9, 2012
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Sunday said that almost all available data and performance reports of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will be posted online this year to enhance government transparency, reduce red tape and boost anticorruption efforts. Read the rest of this entry »
There are high-paying jobs here, Labor secretary tells OFWs
December 28, 2011
THE Department of Labor and Employment on Tuesday urged Filipinos working in Syria to come home, saying that there are high-paying jobs awaiting them. She added that the government will assist overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) repatriated from Syria. Read the rest of this entry »
DFA orders mandatory evacuation of Pinoys from Syria
December 23, 2011
With the escalating violence in Syria, the Philippine government pressed the go button for the mass evacuation of at least 17,000 Filipinos trapped in the raging conflict.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday raised the crisis alert level in the troubled Middle East state from alert level 3, which means voluntary evacuation, to alert level 4 or mandatory evacuation.
The DFA said the government will shoulder the travel expenses of all Filipinos wanting to leave Syria. Read the rest of this entry »
OWWA: Over 26,000 OFWs repatriated in 2011
December 19, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government has repatriated at least 26,273 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), most of them from war-torn Libya, in the first 11 months of this year, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) reported yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
Thousands of OFWs won’t leave Syria, DFA laments
December 2, 2011
MANILA, Philippines—Majority of the 17,000 overseas Filipino workers based in Syria, most of them undocumented domestic helpers, have ignored the government’s voluntary repatriation program, prompting the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to intensify its efforts to reach out to the OFWs and convince them to leave the troubled country. Read the rest of this entry »
Binay back from Saudi visit; over 1,000 OFWs repatriated from Jeddah
October 6, 2011
Vice President Jejomar Binay returned home late Friday night after a lightning trip to Saudi Arabia where he attended the burial of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz on behalf of President Aquino. Read the rest of this entry »
Migrant workers assured of P2-b loan
October 2, 2011
The Philippine government has set aside P2 billion in business loans under its re-integration program for migrant workers including those who may be displaced by a new policy being enforced by Saudi Arabia, one of the richest markets for Filipino manpower. Read the rest of this entry »
P2B reintegration fund for returning OFWs
September 16, 2011
THE Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) has assured repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that they can avail of financial assistance as part of their reintegration program, and even may avail of jobs or loan assistance from the government. Read the rest of this entry »
Reintegration efforts to help returning OFWs
September 14, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) remains unfazed by the Saudization policy restricting the hiring of foreign workers in the Kingdom.
The Saudi Arabian government has yet to come up with a matrix which would categorize about 3,000 companies in the Kingdom. Read the rest of this entry »
