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Senate probes abuses vs. OFWs in Kuwait

The Senate Committee on Labor is conducting an investigation into the death of Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Joanna Daniela Demafelis in Kuwait.  Labor officials told...

Over 600 OFWs return home

More than 600 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) arrived today from Kuwait. This is so far the biggest batch of Filipino migrant workers to return home...

Bello to labor execs: Report OFW complaints to me

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has ordered labor attaches in all Philippine embassies abroad to inform him about urgent...

113 OFWs arrive from Kuwait

One hundred thirteen (113) Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) arrived from Kuwait today. They flew back home on board Philippine Airlines Flight 669. The plane landed at...

Kuwait hurt by OFW deployment ban

Kuwait has expressed its concern over the Philippine government's total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to the gulf state. Kuwait Foreign...

40 OFWs back from Kuwait

Forty (40) Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) have returned to the Philippines from Kuwait. This comes amid the deployment ban imposed by the Department of Labor...

Number of Clark workers hits 100k

CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga—Employment inside the Freeport increased by 12 percent for the first 11 months of 2017 with 107,694 persons now working in the...

Skepticism mounts for US rate hikes on weak figures

While Janet Yellen and her Federal Reserve colleagues are poised to raise interest rates at their meeting this month, investors increasingly doubt the central...

Switzerland limits work permits for Romanians, Bulgarians

The Swiss government decided Wednesday to limit work permits issued to Romanian and Bulgarian citizens following a spike in immigration from those countries, invoking...

Duterte signs order giving gratuity pay to state contract workers

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Administrative Order number two which gives gratuity pay for government contract workers and persons who perform job orders for...

Senate probes ‘endo’ practice in labor sector

The Senate Committee on Labor is holding a hearing on ‘end of contract system’ (endo) for laborers practised by government and private companies. The Department...

Digong to be stricter on contractualization

THE incoming Duterte administration will be stricter on contractualization, particularly among mall operators, where salespersons are hired then fired by the fifth month to...
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