Tag: OFWs

Moratorium sa pagpapadala ng OFWs sa Qatar binawi na ng DOLE

(Eagle News) – Tuluyan nang tinanggal ng Department of Labor and Employment  (DOLE) ang moratorium sa pagpapadala ng mga manggagawang Pilipino sa Qatar. Ayon kay Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, resulta ito ng konsultasyon kay Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, gayundin sa naging rekomendasyon ng Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) sa nasabing bansa. “This decision was arrived at on the advice of Foreign Affairs Secretary Allan Peter Cayetano and upon the recommendation of Qatar […]

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DOLE partially lifts Filipino workers’ deployment ban in Qatar

(Eagle News)– The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday (June 7) partially lifted the deployment ban of Filipino workers to Qatar after receiving reports that the situation in the Arab country has normalized. “Late last night I had a conversation with our labor attache based in Doha, Qatar and he informed that initially there were incidents of panic buying but after two or three hours the situation has normalized,” DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III […]

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“Give me 3 to 4 years to turn around country,” Duterte tells OFWs in Hong Kong

(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte asked Filipinos to give him three or four years to turn around the country, as he spoke with overseas Filipino workers in Hong Kong. “Give me time. Three to four years, I will have solved almost all of the problems by then,” he said. In his speech, the President said he would fulfill his promise to rid the country of graft and corruption. But he told OFWs in Hong […]

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In photos: President Duterte sings “Ikaw” in Hong Kong during meeting with OFWs

      President Rodrigo Duterte, together with members of the Philippine delegation, is now meeting with representatives from more than 355 Filipino community organizations during his working visit in Hong Kong at the Regal Airport Hotel on May 13, 2017. As of March 2017, there are around 16,000 residents and 193,000 are household service workers. Most of the 355 Filipino community organizations are composed of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The Philippine Association of Hong […]

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“Most productive trip ever”– President Duterte back from MidEast visit with repatriated OFWs; more than $925M-worth of trade deals signed

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte arrived from his successful Middle East trip early Monday morning, saying this was his “most productive trip ever” with signed business deals worth more than $925 million in the three countries visited. He also came home together with the overseas Filipino workers who had been given pardon by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, fulfilling his earlier promise that he would come back home with his fellow Filipinos. They were […]

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President Duterte announces creation of Department of OFWs

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has announced the creation of a Department of Overseas Filipino Workers that will address the concerns of that sector of Philippine society. Duterte made the announcement in a speech before around 4000 Filipinos who had gathered at the Khalifa Sports Complex on his last day of official visit to Bahrain on Friday. “Ang (OFWs) meron na kayong in a few months a Department of OFW only. Sabi ko kay […]

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President Duterte: Our claim on Pag-asa is “clearly good for all generations of Filipinos”

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said that he would “maybe send (his) son” on Pagasa Island to “show” that the Philippines’ claim was “clearly good for all generations of Filipinos.” “Because of our friendship with China and because we value your friendship I will not go there to raise the Philippine flag,” he told about 2,000 Filipinos during his visit to Saudi Arabia. Duterte has been on a two-day visit in the Middle Eastern country since Monday. Saudi Arabia […]

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Pangulong Duterte, nakipag-usap sa mga OFW sa Saudi

Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Isa-isang inalam ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kalagayan ng mga Overseas Filipino Workers sa Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, kung saan siya ay naka-state visit simula pa noong Lunes. Sa pagbisita ng Pangulo, naging emosyonal ang mga OFW. “My first question is, where is the Department of OFWs? That is the first question–the Department of OFWs. We want it,” sabi ng isa. Sagot naman ni Duterte, “A (Department of OFWS) is […]

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DOLE eyes removing deployment ban in Libya

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The government is now studying the removal of the deployment ban to Libya after Libyan nationals claimed that Libya is already peaceful. “We have an existing moratorium on sending our OFWs to Libya,” Labor Undersecretary Dominador Say said. According to Say, he already instructed the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to review the existing deployment ban in the said country. “I want to have it reviewed because, according to Libyan […]

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SSS membership ng OFWs, gawing mandatory’

(Eagle News) — Iminungkahi ng Social Service System (SSS) sa Kongreso na gawing mandatory ang membership ng lahat ng Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) na nakabase sa labas ng bansa. Ito ay upang makalikom ang ahensiya ng karagdagang pondo lalo pa’t sinimulan na nito ang pagbigay ng Php 1,000 pension increase para sa SSS retirees. Inihayag ni SSS Commissioner Jose Gabriel “Pompee” La Viña, ito ang kanilang ipapanukala sa Kongreso upang mayroong basehan ang naisip nilang […]

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Overseas remittances nitong Enero, nasa $2.2 bilyon; tumaas ng 8.6 %

(Eagle News) — Tumaas ng 8.6 percent (%) ang overseas remittances nitong Enero,  ayon sa datos ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Sinabi ni BSP Governor Amando Tetangco, nasa sa 2.2 bilyong dolyar ang mga naipadalang pera ng mga Overseas Filipino Workers sa bansa. Nasa 1.8 bilyong dolyar naman ang remittances ng mga land-based worker. Pangunahing mga bansa na nagbigay ng remittance ay nagmula sa Estados Unidos, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Quatar, […]

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Duterte pushes for creation of “one-stop shop,” bank for OFWs

  (Eagle News) – President Duterte pressed the creation of a one-stop shop for all Filipinos needing government services, including overseas Filipino workers. “I want to make life more comfortable for you,” he said. “I hate Filipinos queuing under the heat of the sun and rain.” Duterte said all the needed services to be provided by various government agencies, needed by the OFWs or other Filipinos needing to get a job, such as the services […]

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