RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Filipino and Saudi officials are working together to help thousands of stranded workers under a directive from King Salman, a diplomat said Wednesday as the Philippines labor secretary visited. The roughly 11,000 Filipinos are among tens of thousands of workers affected by financial troubles at the kingdom’s major construction firms. “Their salaries have not been paid, some of them for as long as eight months,” Iric Arribas, charge d’affaires at […]
Tag: Overseas Filipino Workers
One step center for OFWs, now open
QUEZON City, Philippines – The government opened the One-Stop Center for Overseas Filipino Workers or OSSCO wherein OFWs can avail all of the required government services at the first floor of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). According to Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III, the opening of OSSCO is in compliance with the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte to make more convenient and accessible for OFWs to avail government services. Other than the POEA, […]
DOLE to help stranded OFWs in Saudi Arabia
QUEZON City, Philippines – Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III is going to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a special mission in order to repatriate more than 9, 000 stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who lost their jobs due to the oil crisis in Saudi Arabia. Secretary added that the OFWs will received aid from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Other than the DOLE, other government agencies included in the special mission to Saudi […]
DSWD participates in humanitarian mission to help 11,000 stranded OFWs in Saudi Arabia
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 12 (PIA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is participating in “Operation Bring Them Home: Special Mission for Stranded Overseas Filipinos (OFWs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The Mission’s overall objective is to bring home stranded/overstaying OFWs in crisis in the KSA. It will be conducted together with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and the Department of Health. It […]
President Duterte to Congress: Enact laws pushing for welfare of OFWs
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — A number of social issues have also been tackled at President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s First State of the Nation Address. One of which is his promise to ask lawmakers to create a bill that will strengthen organizations that are looking after the welfare of Filipino workers abroad. “I may ask congress to create a bill consolidating agencies that have anything to do with overseas Filipinos,” Duterte said. “Moreover, a […]
OFWs, maaring ilipat ang voter’s registration sa local registry
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinahintulutan ang mga uuwing Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) na ilipat ang kanilang registration bilang over-seas absentee voter sa local registry upang maka-boto sa Barangay at Sangguniang Kabataan Elections sa October 31. Ito ay matapos maka-tanggap ng kahilingan ang comelec mula sa OFWs na payagan silang ilipat ang kanilang registration. Maaaring mag-file ng application for transfer of registration ang OFWs hanggang Hulyo 30. Gayunpaman, limitado lang ito sa mga nais […]
President Duterte’s inauguration available on live-stream
QUEZON City, Philippines – Overseas Filipino workers and other Filipinos abroad can view the inauguration of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte via live-streaming on Facebook. Incoming Presidential Communications Head Martin Andanar said that the live streaming is for those who don’t have access to television and radio and is also practical because 1.3 million Filipinos have accounts on the social media site. Duterte took the majority of the overseas absentee votes with 121, 000 votes. (Eagle News […]
OFWs should use POEA online system
QUEZON City, Philippines – Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz advised overseas Filipino workers to use the Balik Manggagawa online system of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to get their Overseas Employment Certificate. Earlier, the POEA issued an advisory that only those who have online appointments will be accommodated at their main office. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Hong Kong, Singapore registered overseas voters cast votes in Moscow under new COMELEC rule
Seven Filipino overseas voters who were not registered at the Philippine Embassy in Moscow were able to vote at the Embassy on April 26 following a new Comelec rule allowing this. The new Comelec rule provides that all registered overseas voters with active registration status may vote at the Foreign Service Post (FSP) near their current residence or work. A day after the Philippine Embassy in Moscow circulated this new rule, six voters registered in Hong […]
SSS collects over P0.6-M in contribution, loan payments thru Globe GCash
QUEZON CITY, Apr. 14 — The Social Security System (SSS) has collected nearly P650,000 in contributions and loan payments of self-employed and voluntary members through the Globe GCash facility by the end of the first quarter this year. The SSS mobile payment scheme was officially rolled out in December 2015. SSS Officer-in-Charge of the Service Delivery Department Renato N. Malto said that out of the P648,420 total GCash collections as of end-March 2016, nearly 80 […]
OFWs return home from Saudi Arabia
MANILA, Philippines – The next batch of overseas Filipino workers is expected to return to the Philippines from Saudi Arabia due to the continued economic downturn in the said country, which in turn was brought about by the low price of oil in the world market. Said OFWs have not received salaries. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Qatar’s population reaches 2.5M due to foreign workers
QATAR, Middle East – The population of the Middle Eastern kingdom of Qatar reached 2.5 million due to the large number of foreign workers, according to the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics.Making up 90%, an overwhelming majority of the country’s workforce is made up of foreigners. Filipinos make the second largest group of foreign workers in Qatar which is the third most popular destination of overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East. (Eagle News […]
