Here is some public service announcement regarding the reminders of the Department of Labor and Employment and the POEA to help us be aware against human trafficking.
Tag: POEA
POEA imposes total deployment ban in Iraq
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has declared a total deployment ban of OFWs in Iraq due to the crisis in the said country.
POEA imposes total ban on OFW deployment in Iraq except for one region
MANILA, June 16 (PNA) — The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has issued a resolution imposing a total deployment ban on the processing and deployment of all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) bound for Iraq except for the Iraqi Kurdistan Region which “remains calm and stable” as per the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) advisory. POEA issued the ban until such time when the condition in the said country is normalized after due consultation with the […]
POEA encourages OFWs to take polio vaccines
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration encourages overseas Filipino workers to take polio vaccines due to an outbreak in ten countries according to the World Health Organization. The POEA further added that recruitment agencies and foreign employers should shoulder the cost of the vaccination.
POEA Lifts Deployment Ban to Yemen
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration lifted the deployment ban for returning OFWs to Yemen two months after it was implemented. The lifting of the ban came about after the improvement in the political environment of said country. But Labor and Employment Secretary and POEA Chairman Rosalinda Baldos said that the deployment ban remains for newly-hired OFWs in Yemen
