Law and Culture

TAS’HEEL centers focus on providing services from the Ministry of Labour, through institutional partnership with the private sector, and in accordance with the standards of excellent government service. The system runs under the supervision…
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Consular and embassy officials in the United Arab Emirates have reminded Filipinos to legalize a union or face jail terms when caught engaging in sexual activity outside marriage. The reminder comes as news about a Filipino couple…
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While United Arab Emirates, under Sharia Law, prohibits the sale and consumption among its Muslim population, non-Muslim based workers in the United Arab Emirates are granted exemption and are allowed alcohol consumption provided that they…
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Foreigners, including Filipinos, who have been deported from any member of the Gulf Cooperation Council will not be allowed to enter any other country within the bloc, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said. The Ministry of…
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General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) has introduced the Domestic Help Department (DHD) to assist distressed domestic helpers in Dubai. GDRFA Director Gen., Major-General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri said the DHD also…
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Workers in the United Arab Emirates should note that it is against the law for employers to keep passport of their employees. Therefore, every legal effort should be exercised should it be done without an employee's consent or without a…
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For richer, for poorer. In sickness and in health. That is the promise that one makes when they are binding, committing, themselves to that one special person in front of all their family and friends and, of course, God with marriage.…
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Question: My husband is a Filipino currently working in Dubai, while I am based in the Philippines. Now, I suspect that he maintains an illicit relationship with another Filipina and is living in with her. Can I report them to Dubai…
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Where to start of a divorce proceeding A divorce proceeding could happen in the husband’s home country or the wife’s, in any country that the couple resided in or at the local UAE court. Note that the result of the proceedings may differ…
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A new law criminalizing a variety of form of discrimination has been introduced in the United Arab Emirates. Following a Decree issued by President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the new law punishes any form of…
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