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MANILA, Philippines – According to the Migrante party-list, the economic situation in Saudi Arabia is worsening, causing salary delay to affect overseas Filipino workers. In order to be able to send money to their relatives in the Philippines, several OFWs are using their food allowance to buy chicken so that they can sell its fried skin. In response, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office said that they commend the OFWs’ resourcefulness in finding alternative ways of […]
TAGUIG CITY, Feb. 26 — In the wake of the political and economic crisis in the Middle East, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said it is prepared to assist returning or displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). “We can provide free competency assessment and certification for repatriated workers who wish to confirm whether they possess the competencies required in a preferred workplace,” TESDA Director General Irene Isaac said. She said that TESDA can also […]
MANILA, Philippines – According to the Department of Labor and Employment, the large number of overseas Filipino workers returning to the Philippines from the Middle East is due to contract violations of employers like inadequate salaries, contract substitution and others and not due to the low price of oil in the world market. DOLE asked the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to aid the returning OFWs. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing […]
MANILA, Feb. 24 — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently said that majority of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), 107 of 163, who returned to the Philippines in the past two weeks and were provided assistance under the Assist WELL program, came home on account of various contract violations, and not due to the depressed oil price in the global market. “We thought initially that because of the hype about the decline in the global price […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Dismayed by the alleged inaction of the government regarding the possible mass layoff in the Middle East, House Independent Minority Block leader and Leyte Congressman Martin Romualdez asked the private sectors to step up and prepare to help the thousands of overseas Filipino workers that will be returning home due to unemployment. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment accused the Migrante International of exaggerating the events in Saudi Arabia, where a company conducted a mass lay-off. According to the DOLE, said exaggerated comments are not helping the country. Furthermore, although there was a mass lay-off, the 2 thousand employees that lost their jobs came from different countries not just overseas Filipino workers. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The Philippine Consulate-General in Dubai warned against the syndicate that is engaged in fake passport extensions after it received two cases of passport tampering. The consulate added that passport extensions are no longer available since January 1 except for family purposes or medical emergencies. The consulate asked the Dubai police’s aid to put a stop on the passport extension scheme. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – It is expected that 50, 000 overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia will be affected by the oil crisis, with the majority working for the two main contractors of construction and industrial projects. According to the Migrante party-list , the government should take action immediately. According to reports, most OFWS in Saudi Arabia are no longer receiving salary and are waiting to be sent back home to the (Eagle News Service […]
MANILA, Feb. 12 — Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz recently announced the setting up of a more cohesive and synchronized ‘Assist WELL’ Processing Centers in three Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) agencies and 17 regional offices in the country. The centers will provide an improved and comprehensive welfare, employment, legal, and livelihood (WELL) assistance to returning overseas Filipino workers. “The Assist Well Processing Center is led by a management committee that oversees and […]
THE Philippine embassy in Iraq said the 13 Filipino who were killed in the capitol hotel fire in Erbil, Iraq have been identified and the government is now in the process of informing their loved ones. Embassy officials said the victims, all females, were suffocated by the smoke while trying to find their way out in the darkness. There are some 1,000 Filipinos in Kurdistan, mostly hotel and restaurant workers, with some engineers and nurses. […]
According to reports, 10, 000 overseas Filipino workers have lost their jobs due to the continued weakening of the economy of the Middle Eastern countries. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Feb. 9 — Upon the orders of Labor and Employment Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) chief Rebecca Calzado will facilitate and fast-track the delivery of welfare assistance to the families of the reported 13 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were killed in a deadly fire in Iraq. Baldoz, who is chairperson of the OWWA Board of Trustees, said the agency must coordinate with and assist the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in identification […]
