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POEA Sees Drop in PT Deployment Until 2011
The Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) expects a drop in the deployment of physical therapists abroad over the next year. This after the Federation of State Board of Physical Therapy in the United States imposed a one-year ban on applicants...
OFW Group Worries over Baldoz, Romulo Appointment
An alliance of migrant workers on Thursday expressed concern over the appointment of 2 senior career officials to the cabinet of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. Migrante International said the appointment of Rosalinda Baldoz, former administrator...
College Courses with Future Labor Demand in the Philippines
Nursing is out, agribusiness is in. Students who want to land local jobs easily after graduation should take note of the country’s key employment generators in the next five to 10 years, the Department of Labor and Employment said. The Labor Department...
OFW Advocate Lauds Baldoz Appointment as DOLE Secretary
The appointment of a new female labor chief to President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s cabinet hopes to boost the campaign against human trafficking. “The new labor secretary is well-versed in both overseas and local employment and a fine addition...
Gov’t Agencies Unite for OFW Program
The Department of Labor and Employment has partnered with other government agencies in launching the Kabayanihan program, integrating various social protection services for overseas Filipino workers, the DOLE said in a press release. The DOLE, Social...
Elderly OFW Accuses RP Labor Execs in Saudi of Negligence
An elderly overseas Filipino worker has accused Philippine labor officials in Saudi Arabia of neglecting the case he filed against his employer for three years now, a migrant workers’ rights group said. Migrante-Middle East said Jose Mendoza, 65,...
DOLE, POEA Failed to Curb Rampant Cases of OFWs Contract Substitution
An alliance of Filipino migrant workers group in the Middle East today said the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) under the out-going Arroyo administration failed to curb the rampant...
Norway May Hire Filipino Health Workers
The possible deployment of Filipino health workers to Norway will increase the country’s intellectual capital and wealth, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said on Saturday. Labor Acting Secretary Romeo Lagman made the statement after disclosing...
Oman Lifts Ban on Hiring Mechanics, Electricians, More Jobs
There’s bad news for overstaying Filipino workers in Oman and good news for OFWs whose professions were previously restricted to locals. The Sultanate of Oman, a country in the Arabian peninsula bordered by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and...