OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Filipinos who live and work overseas often find themselves in a great quandary whenever the subject of public governance crops up in discussions with compatriots and with nationals of different countries. In Hong Kong, a small China city with a population of less than eight...
Only Filipino migrant workers who have existing employment contracts will be allowed to return to Iraq following the downgrade of the alert level there due to the improvements in the foreign land’s security situation. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Hindi pa po pinapayagan ang mga new hires o...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to inoculate on Wednesday, Nov. 10, another batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are about to be deployed abroad. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the government of Brunei has donated some 2,000 doses...
The Philipppine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has suspended anew the deployment of Filipino nurses and healthcare workers abroad as the 6,500 cap set for the year has been reached. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Inabot na natin yung deployment cap. Nagkaroon tayo ng (We...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has ordred the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to start processing the deployment of workers to South Korea following the announced lifting of restrictions on the entry of foreign workers there. The arrival...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to form a technical working group (TWG) to expedite the release of unpaid wages and end of contract payments of Filipino migrant workers from Saudi Arabia who were forced to return home in 2016. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "The...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is expected to pay the P4.6 billion unpaid salaries to around 9,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who were forced to return to the Philippines last 2016. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III is...
The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has announced the suspension of admission of female overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Bahay-Kalinga to abide by health protocols set by the Kingdom. (Philippine Overseas Labor Office - Jeddah Facebook...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has vowed to push for the improvement of migrant workers' employment contracts during the first meeting of the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Government Sector in Switzerland this month. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO /...
Filipinos who are currently overseas, or will be overseas on the day of the election, take note. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday announced that the extended overseas voter registration period will end on Oct. 14. The poll body prepared this guide on how to register as...
Senators favored on Monday, October 11, the inclusion of a special provision in the 2022 national budget that would prohibit the Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO) from collecting "unauthorized" registration fees. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) This, after the officials of the CFO failed to...
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is taking steps to ban a retired military officer in Saudi Arabia from employing Filipino workers over reports of repeated physical abuse on househelp. Â Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
