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Recruiters Must Pay Insurance for OFWs – POEA
Amid complaints from recruiters, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has maintained that employers are mandated by law to pay for the insurance coverage of workers and seafarers they hire…. Read more
New Criteria for Hiring Filipina Housemaids in Saudi Arabia
The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) has issued new requirements for employers to comply with when hiring housemaids and low-skilled female workers. POLO officials said the new requirements, which are… Read more
Beware of Internet Recruitment Scam for Malaysia Jobs – DOLE
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz has warned Filipinos planning to work in Malaysia about a recruitment scam being perpetrated through the Internet. Baldoz aired the warning after receiving a report from… Read more
Manpower Pool, Website Set Up for Guam Jobs
To prepare for the expected 15,000 jobs that would soon be available in Guam, Filipino recruiters have started “manpower pooling” and have put up a website for job applicants. Licensed… Read more
Binay: Appointment as OFW Adviser Yet to be Confirmed
Vice President Jejomar Binay confirmed last Wednesday that President Benigno Aquino III has tapped him to become his adviser on overseas Filipino workers’ affairs. He, however, said that the appointment… Read more
Ever Lalin: The Only Pinoy Passer in Japan Nursing Exams
Ever Lalin, like others in the first batch of 98 nurses and caregivers who went to Japan May last year for a training stint preparatory to taking the Japanese nursing… Read more
Pinoy Nurse Job Opportunities in Europe Remain ‘Low’ – POEA
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has said job opportunities for Filipino nurses in Switzerland, Denmark and other European countries remain to be “minimal.” The POEA issued the clarification that… Read more
OFWs Now Required to Contribute to Pag-Ibig Fund
Filipinos are now required to contribute to the Pag-Ibig fund if they intend to work abroad. Based on a Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) directive, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will… Read more
Get Rid of Passport Fixers, Speed Up Passport Processing
The Department of Foreign Affairs Office of Consular Affairs (DFA-OCA) was urged on Saturday to clean up its premises of fixers to speed up passport processing and appointments. A local… Read more
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… Read more
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