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Saudi Employment Visa Validity Reduced From Two Years to One Year
The validity of employment visas issued by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development for private sector companies has been reduced from two years to one year.
The decision was in line with Article 11 of the Labor Law, which empowers the…
OWWA Assists Repatriation of 32 OFWs, 22 Children From Saudi Arabia
OWWA continues to extend assistance to OFWs who availed of KSA's Amnesty Program
The OWWA Repatriation Team provided airport assistance to 32 OFWs and 22 children from Jeddah, KSA who availed of the amnesty program and arrived today, 14…
OWWA Assists Distressed Filipino Domestic Worker, Undocumented OFW Return From Saudi Arabia
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration assisted the arrival of two Filipino workers who arrived from Saudi Arabia at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Sunday.
The arriving Filipino workers include a domestic helper who escaped…
Saudi Lifts Ban on Skype, WhatsApp Voice Calls
In an effort to make the country more attractive for businesses, and perhaps to make life easier and less costly to millions of its migrant workers, Saudi Arabia is lifting its ban on voice calls on Skype, WhatsApp and other apps.
Internet…
90-Day Amnesty Starts For Undocumented Foreign Workers, Residents in Saudi Arabia
An amnesty period which lasts for 90 days offered to violators of residence and work regulations in Saudi Arabia has commenced on Wednesday.
According to the director of passport department (Jawazat), Maj Gen. Solaiman Al-Yahya, routine…
OFW Groups Commended For Leading Cleanup Drive in Saudi Arabia
Four organizations of Filipino workers based in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province were commended for their efforts in cleanup drive along the corniche in Alkhobar on Friday.
In a report by Arab News, about 100 Filipino participants joined…
2,191 Filipinos Repatriated From KSA, P500M Released to Distressed OFWs
The government has extended some P455.1 million in emergency assistance to about 10,233 distressed overseas Filipino workers who were displaced due to the drop in oil prices in the Middle East, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said…
Zain Saudi Arabia No Longer Offers Unlimited Prepaid Plans
Zain Saudi Arabia, the country's branch of the international mobile network, reportedly announced to its employees that it will discontinue its unlimited prepaid package, Saudi Gazette reports.
It deals a potentially big blow in a social…
Ex-Middle East OFW Now Manages Successful Laundry Business in Cebu
While most of news stories about Filipinos returning home from the Middle East portray sad tales of struggles in the Kingdom, not everyone returns home with such sad fate.
Hector Daclan is one of them.
With strong determination to…
Labor Secretary Orders Probe on Labor Attachés As Thousands of OFWs Were Stranded in KSA
Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III has orderd the investigation of two labor attachés for their administrative liability in the stranding of thousands of overseas workers there.
Bello made the order as joined…