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OFWs warned vs. illegal 3rd-country hiring scheme

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Monday advised overseas Filipino workers, particularly those in Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates, to be wary...

Over 4M jobless in April due to stricter quarantine

The country recorded 4.14 million jobless Filipinos in April, higher than the 3.44 million registered in March, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...

POEA stops sending nurses abroad

The annual limit of 5,000  health care workers like nurses has been breached, thus prompting the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to suspend their deployment...

Hong Kong bans entry of Filipino labor for 2 weeks

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2 illegal recruitment victims saved

Immigration officers intercepted two female victims of illegal recruitment who were bound for the United Arab Emirates at the Clark International Airport in Pampanga. Immigration...

No more househelp after Mauro sacking

Diplomats and officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs are no longer allowed to bring in their own domestic staff on their overseas posts,...

Rep. Villar seeks more jobs, online career fairs to help workers

With record unemployment and many Filipinos left without jobs brought by the impact of the pandemic, Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar...

A new source of corruption

"We cannot stop doctors and nurses from leaving the country to work overseas."   I totally agree with Anakalusugan Representative Mike Defensor in calling for the...

China yet to be included in list of 26 on travel ban

The government has not yet included China in travel restrictions because there is no confirmed report of the more contagious COVID-19 variant in that...

DOLE: Pandemic displaced 550,000 OFWs

More than half million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were displaced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) pandemic abroad, while 3.8 million workers lost...

Recruitment agencies get extensions on licenses

Licenses of recruitment agencies for overseas Filipino workers have been extended as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration Administrator Bernard...

Bello stirs nurses in 5-star private hospitals to strike

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, apparently sympathizing with nurses in the private sector, especially those working in 5-star hospitals amid reports of exploitation, encouraged...

Deployment ban on health workers stays, Palace insists

Filipino health workers are still prohibited from working abroad — except for those with employment contracts as of March 8, 2020 — Malacañang said...

DOLE: Deployment ban of Filipino nurses stays

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)  on Friday said the ban on the deployment overseas of Filipino nurses stays following reports the government...
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