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POEA Warns OFWs of Third-Country Job Offers

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has warned overseas Filipino workers to be wary about offers of third-country jobs. This comes after POEA has received reports about Filipino household service workers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Cyprus being offered jobs and...

DOLE Secretary Lifts Ban on Direct Hire For OFWs

Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III has lifted the suspension of processing of direct hires among overseas Filipino workers after the conclusion of an investigation on officials allegedly involved in an anomaly inside the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration. “Inalis ko...

DOLE Mulls Limiting OFW Deployment to Middle East

Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III said DOLE plans to limit the deployment of overseas Filipino workers to the Middle East, amid complaints from abused migrant workers. “I received a lot of concerns and complaints from our...

Highest Paying Industries For Fresh Graduates: Three Sectors Overtake IT

Three sectors leapfrogged over information technology as the highest paying industry for fresh graduates, as indicated in the latest Fresh Graduates Report of JobStreet Philippines data. In a recent briefing held in Taguig City, Jobstreet said fresh graduates who entered...

DOLE: Age Doesn’t Matter on Employment

Department of Labor and Employment has outlined rules and regulations governing the Republic Act 10911 or the Anti-Age Discrimination Act. Upon signing the Department Order No. 170 on February 2, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said age does not matter...

POEA Reiterates Warning Vs Fake Job Offers On Email, Social Media

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has issued a follow up on its warning against fake job offers often spread via email or social media. POEA said it has recently received a forwarded email notifying a recipient that he has been...

Exodus of Filipino Nurses Likely After Wage Hike Plan Vetoed

It is likely that Filipino nurses would continue to choose higher paying jobs abroad after President Aquino vetoed the measure that would have raised the minimum wage of entry level nursing jobs in the Philippines to P26,000. “President Aquino’s veto...

Recruiters Support Creation of Department for OFWs

The recruitment sector has expressed its support with the plan of the next administration to establish a separate department to look after the welfare of overseas Filipino workers. However, industry leaders like Lito Soriano called on President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to...

No Foreign Workers in Saudi Arabia Telecoms Sector

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Labor has ordered that all jobs in the telecoms sector must employ Saudi nationals and foreigners are banned from taking up any job in the sector. According to Arab News, Ministry spokesman Khaled bin Abdulaziz Abalkhail...

Philippines: The Country That Trains its People to Leave

Last year, the Manila Times hailed the country as one of the fastest-growing economies in South East Asia with a GDP (gross domestic product) average of 5.6 percent in the first three quarters on strong demand and more jobs...
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