Filipinos may have a harder time getting jobs in Europe and the United States as the West awaits economic recovery. But there are jobs aplenty in the East, especially in the Middle East. The construction boom in...

Local recruitment agencies have decided to temporarily stop the deployment of Filipino workers to Algeria following the bloody conclusion of the four-day hostage crisis that reportedly left 81 people, including six Filipinos, dead. But Philippine Overseas Employment...

 “Avoid the rush. Avoid the long lines.” Thus said POEA Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac Thursday as he advised overseas Filipino workers spending the holiday season in the Philippines to get their overseas employment certificate (OEC) or exit clearance...

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz urged on Thursday, overseas Filipino workers intending to apply for a United Arab Emirates (UAE) visa to file their applications early because its approval would be directed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

 The operation of a manning agency allegedly recruiting Filipino seafarers was shut down due to the lack of licenses from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). POEA Administrator Hans...

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said a licensed recruitment agency’s responsibility toward its hired OFW does not end when the worker is deployed abroad. “The recruitment agency has the continuous obligation to ensure protection of...

The Philippines plans to phase out the migration of maids, nannies and other household workers over the next five years. The programme to counter abuse of domestic workers overseas will affect about 180 countries, and is expected...

Filipino officials have pulled the plug on an online service that made it easier for their citizens in the UAE to get the paperwork they need for holidays back home. Since November 2004, Teleserv, a Manila firm,...