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OWWA Can Now Make Presentations to Companies with Filipino Workers
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said yesterday that that they are now accepting presentation requests from business establishments and companies with Filipino employees who want to know more about OWWA… Read more
Pinoy Internet Users Urged to Protect Privacy
With almost 30 million Filipinos actively logging in to Facebook everyday and sharing the most mundane to the most intimate details of their lives, security experts are campaigning for data… Read more
DFA Won’t Raise Passport Fees This Year
Good news for those who want to renew or get for the first time a Philippine passport. There will be a freeze on passport processing fees this year, according to… Read more
POEA Cancels License of 2 Recruitment Agencies
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) ordered last week the cancellation of the licenses of two recruitment agencies for excessive collection of placement fees in violation of the POEA rules… Read more
Government OKs Private Guards on Ships to Protect Seamen
The Philippines has given Manila-flagged merchant vessels the go-ahead to employ private security on board to protect Filipino seafarers from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean,… Read more
POEA-XI Beefs Up Campaign vs. Illegal Recruitment
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration in the region is beefing up its campaign against illegal recruitment in a bid to further prevent Filipinos from being victimized by such act. POEA… 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
Filipino Workers in CNMI Urged to Become OWWA Members
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration is calling on Filipino workers in the CNMI, particularly those who have already been petitioned for a Commonwealth-only status by their employers, to renew or… Read more
More Than 100,000 Reacquired Pinoy Citizenship
More than 100,000 people have reacquired Filipino citizenship under the Dual Citizenship Law, the immigration commissioner said yesterday. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said 116,059 individuals have… Read more
OFW Group Calls for Return of P13M Overcharged by POEA
Migrante International has another bone to pick with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). The Commission on Audit (CoA) recently released its report on the POEA’s “Balik Manggagawa Program” and… Read more
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