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Twenty-one foreign recruitment agencies and direct employers were blacklisted and 19 erring local recruitment firms were suspended or whose licenses were cancelled in a continuing bid by the government to rid the overseas placement industry…

President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act 21199 otherwise known as An Act Establishing the Office for Social Welfare Attache and effectively amending Republic Act No. 8042, Otherwise Known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas…

President Rodrigo Duterte intends to place the process of recruitment of Overseas Filipino Workers under the control of the government by December of this year. The statement was made amidst numerous complaints against abusive and…

Contrary to many expectations that once a Filipino goes abroad and get paid salary higher than back home, many overseas Filipino workers go home barely able to save money. Why is it so? In ideal situations, a Filipino spends…

One common misconception about overseas Filipino workers is that once they start their employment abroad, they are free from debt mainly because they receive better wages, or start investing to maximize their income. Although this is…

Recent graduates who wish to take the Professional Regulation Commission's licensure exams can now register online. Through PRC's online portal online.prc.gov.ph, it is now convenient to lodge applications without going to authorized…

A court in Hong Kong has dismissed a petition of a Filipina domestic worker who wanted to remain in the city claiming that her husband allegedly threatened to kill her after discovering she had affairs with other men, a report by Hong Kong…

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has issued specific guidelines regarding the processing of exit clearance of returning workers pursuant to the POEA Governing Board Resolution No. 4, Series of 2018 amending Section 22 of…

It was a terrible blow for Remelyn Zubiaga Yumul when she learned of the diagnosis that she has ovarian cancer. But despite of her affliction, one unexpected source of joy arrived: a surprise visit from a former ward she used to care for in…

According to the International Labor Organization’s Global Estimates on Migrant Workers, 2015, there are 11.5 million migrant workers worldwide, from which 27.4 percent are employed in the Arab states. Many of these workers -- a…