A one-stop service center established in Manila will make it easier and more efficient for Filipinos to obtain paperwork for work abroad.
The center, located at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration building in Mandaluyong City, and opened on Monday, was...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is launching a one-stop shop for OFWs on Monday, August 15, where government frontline services are made accessible to Filipinos who are currently working or planning to work overseas.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello...
Change has indeed come!
Last August 8, 2016, POEA issued a resolution stating that some groups of OFWS are already exempted from securing the OEC starting September 15.
These are vacationing OFWs who will return to the same employer and job...
Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III yesterday announced that the Governing Board of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, of which he is the Chairperson, has issued Governing Board Resolution No. 12, Series of 2016, exempting a group of...
The Governing Board of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA),has approved a resolution requiring all first time overseas land-based and sea-based worker-applicants to undergo mandatory Pre-Employment Orientation Seminar (PEOS) through the PEOS Online website, at no cost.
The PEOS is...
What is a Balik-Manggagawa (BM) Online Processing System?
BM Online Processing System is a web-based facility that enables the Balik-Manggagawa (BM) or vacationing OFW to apply online for Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) and have the approved OEC printed by him/her...
In an effort to streamline arrangement of returning overseas Filipino workers to the Philippines, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has soft launched an online facility to apply for overseas employment certificate (OEC).
The online facility -- accessible at http://bmonline.poea.gov.ph/ --...
Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) is a piece of document that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) need to present to the Immigration Department upon leaving the Philippines for work abroad.
The primary purpose of OEC is to provide proof that as OFWs,...
Fed up with failed promises and repeated infractions, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration disclosed a list of 50 employment agencies who were unable to facilitate repatriation of distressed overseas Filipino workers.
"Enough already. We are publishing the names of 50 recruitment...
Before you think of payments, you must check and double check your visa. Never allow the agency or foreign employer to give a visa different from the job being offered. Your visa is your protection as well as your...
Like each national cinema, Filipino films have a distinct personality created by their distinctive culture, history, and social context.
Overarching...
