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Dubai jobseekers warned of risks
Manila :: Philippines | 1 day ago
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Job seekers should be wary of offers to work in Dubai in light of the financial crisis besetting the Middle Eastern emirate, according to Susan �Toots� Ople, a former labor undersecretary...Ople Policy Center which supports overseas Filipino workers,...
Tags: Dubai, filipinos workers, financial crisis, Philippines, Manila, Overseas Filipino, Emirates, Social Issues, Crisis, Blas Ople, Labor
1,205 OFWs in Mideast take special licensure exam
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 3 days ago
Credibility A total of 1,205 Filipino workers in the Middle East have taken part in the first special licensure examinations given by the Philippine government on a bigger scale for engineers, architects, accountants and master electricians. Two teams of examiners...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, PRC, overseas filipinos, filipinos workers, Philippines, Philippine Professional Organization, Philippine Professional Regulation Commission, Western Region, licensure exam, Philippine Congress, Riyadh, Overseas Filipino, Culture of the Philippines, Professional Regulation Commission, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Economy of the Philippines
Solons mull OFW ban in the Middle East
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 28 days ago
Credibility Hearing labor woes straight from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) themselves, a team of lawmakers is considering recommending a ban on the deployment of Filipino workers in the Middle East. Giving an initial glimpse of their findings in a news conference...
Estrada thrills runaway OFWs from UAE
London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
Credibility Philippines�Former President Joseph Estrada accompanied his son Senator Jose �Jinggoy� Estrada at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Monday morning to meet 32 distressed overseas Filipino workers, mostly runaway domestics, repatriated by the government...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, overseas filipinos, filipinos workers, president gloria, Jeddah, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Philippines, illegal recruitment, United Kingdom, London
Target for overseas voters still 1M
Manila :: Philippines | 4 months ago
Credibility The target number of overseas absentee voters for the 2010 elections is still one million, said Ambassador Nestor Padalhin, vice chairman of the Department of Foreign Affairs' OAV Secretariat. While the number of registrants is still low (a little less...
Kapampangan among dead in Afghan crash
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
Credibility One of 10 Filipinos who died in a helicopter crash in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) air base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday was a resident of this Pampanga capital city, his relatives said, citing the reports of the victim's father who...
Tags: Afghanistan, Esteban Conejos, helicopter crash, Ten Philippine, Philippine Star, Philippine Daily Inquirer, filipinos workers, southern afghanistan
Recruiters vs new ‘low-skilled’ OFW category
Manila :: Philippines | 5 months ago
Credibility Philippines-Licensed recruiters have expressed strong opposition against the new classification of low- and semi-skilled overseas Filipino workers, arguing that the series of series of orders of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration would...
Camacho: Filipino workers to fill jobs
Tamuning :: Guam | 5 months ago
Credibility Thousands of Filipino workers could be hired in the construction of new military bases on the U.S. territory of Guam, Gov. Felix Camacho told reporters in Manila on Tuesday. Guam will be hiring between 10,000 and 15,000 workers to support the U.S. military...
Tags: Guam, filipinos workers, U.S
Common flu shots for departing OFWs proposed
Manila :: Philippines | 5 months ago
Credibility Philippines-A group of accredited medical clinics has proposed giving flu shots to all departing Filipino workers bound for the Middle East in reaction to the increasing number of confirmed cases of the Influenza A(H1N1) virus in the country. Dr. Rodolfo...
Tags: Government-Accredited Medical Clinics Association, Philippines, filipinos workers, Middle East
Govt job-generation programs inadequate - IBON
Manila :: Philippines | 7 months ago
Credibility Filipino workers (OFWs) who lost their jobs, it has passed to workers the burden of the economic crisis. "Even if the program does create the projected 800,000 jobs this year, it still cannot absorb the more than 900,000 new labor force entrants, on top...
Tags: filipinos workers, Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
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