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DOLE announces total ban on deployment of Filipino workers to Libya

(Eagle News)–The Department of Labor and Employment has announced a total deployment ban of Filipino workers to Libya. In a statement, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the ban was upon the recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs amid the ongoing fighting between factions there. Earlier, the DFA raised an alert level 3 in Libya, and  urged a voluntary repatriation of Filipinos in Tripoli and  nearby areas. Bello said the ban, which was also […]

Yemen remains under alert level 3; PH Embassy in Riyadh reiterates its advice for Filipinos to leave

MANILA, Jan. 9   —   The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh would like to reiterate its advice to all Filipinos to leave Yemen as soon as possible due to the continued deterioration of the political, security and peace and order situation in Yemen, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.   Yemen remains under Alert Level 3 (Voluntary Repatriation). A total deployment ban is imposed and all travels to Yemen, including those who are on vacation […]