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DOLE: Deployment Ban to Lebanon May Be Lifted Soon
Secretary of Labor and Employment Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday signed two landmark agreements with her counterpart in Lebanon, Labor Minister Charbel Nahaz, that could pave the way for the lifting of… Read more
PH, Lebanon Ink Accords to Protect OFWs
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Wednesday signed two agreements here to protect the rights of Filipino workers in Lebanon and pave the way for the lifting of a ban imposed… Read more
Filipinos in Iraq Urged to Come Home Voluntarily
THE Department of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday urged overseas Filipino workers in Iraq to avail of the voluntary repatriation program now being offered by the Philippine government as the alert… Read more
Ban on Deployment of Filipino Maids to Jordan Stays
“It is inhuman.” This was what Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said after meeting with a 23-year-old undocumented Filipina maid, who had allegedly been beaten for a year then finally fled… Read more
Saudi Ministry of Health to Hire More Filipino Nurses
The Ministry of Health is recruiting more Filipino medicos, a press statement of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, issued here Sunday, has said. “The Saudi Ministry of… Read more
OFWs Can Return to Yemen, as Alert Level Lowered
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday announced it lowered the alert level in Yemen. The move is expected to pave the way for the return of overseas Filipino… Read more
Jordan Ink Pact on Lifting of Ban on Filipino Maids
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Sunday signed here an agreement with her Jordanian counterpart that would pave the way for the lifting of the deployment ban imposed in 2008 on… Read more
DFA to Review OFW Deployment to Iraq
IN VIEW of the escalating violence in Iraq, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will be assessing the security situation of Filipinos in the middle eastern country, the department said… Read more
OFW Contribution Deadline Extended – SSS
The Social Security System (SSS) implemented a deadline extension for our Overseas Filipino Workers’ (OFW) contribution remittance as recognition to the difficulties confronting our OFWs in remitting their SSS contributions…. Read more
Some Filipinos in Israel Do Fit In, But Not Without Strain
With eyes closed, it would have been difficult to guess that the female voice with the amazing range singing a Hebrew classic was a shy-looking, 11-year-old Filipina. But there was… Read more
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