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Palms Resort Saipan Renovation: Philippine Consulate Mulls Help for Filipino Workers
The Philippine Consulate General has taken an interest in the plight of the Filipino contract workers who will be affected by the closure of Palms Resort Saipan. “The Consulate is… Read more
Pinoys In Iraq Fear Repatriation, Unemployment In RP
Facing the prospect of repatriation within two months as the US scales down its military operations in Iraq, Filipinos employed by American companies in US bases in Iraq have called… Read more
1 Million Pinoys Give Up Job Hunting
Believing they will never find employment, at least a million jobless Filipinos have quit looking for work. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said these unemployed but capable workers are now classified… Read more
Gay Filipino Loses Job in California Shipyard
A Filipino shipyard worker who was fired from work for acting “too gay” plans to file a civil case against his company. Vincent Atos plans to file the case in… Read more
China-Taiwan Economic Pact Bad News for OFWs and Philippine Investment?
As China warms its ties with Taiwan, Filipino overseas workers in Taiwan could lose their jobs and the Philippines could get bypassed by Taiwanese investors. This becomes a possibility as… Read more
Crisis-hit Taiwan, UAE Post Highest OFW Displacement
MANILA – Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates have the most number of overseas Filipino workers displaced by the global economic crisis, while South Korea had the most number of… Read more
Filipino Americans Suffer High Jobless Rate
The current unemployment rate in the United States surged to 10.2% in October 2009, reaching double digits for the first time in 26 years. This translates to 15.7 million Americans… Read more
6 Reasons Why Philippine Jobless Rate is High
The Philippines has long been a labor exporting market. About 2,500 Filipinos leave the country on a daily basis to seek for greener pastures abroad and better provide for the… Read more
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