South Korea lifts restrictions on foreign workers
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has directed the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to commence processing of the deployment of ...
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Iraq alert level lowered; OFW deployment ban lifted–DFA
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday has downgraded the crisis alert level in Iraq to 3 or voluntary ...
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POEA warns OFWs vs. dating apps scam
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) warned Filipino overseas jobseekers to disregard job offers from unscrupulous individuals who take advantage ...
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OFWs warned vs. illegal 3rd-country hiring scheme
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Monday advised overseas Filipino workers, particularly those in Taiwan and the United Arab ...
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Over 4M jobless in April due to stricter quarantine
The country recorded 4.14 million jobless Filipinos in April, higher than the 3.44 million registered in March, data from the ...
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POEA stops sending nurses abroad
The annual limit of 5,000 health care workers like nurses has been breached, thus prompting the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration ...
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Hong Kong bans entry of Filipino labor for 2 weeks
Some 1,300 overseas Filipino workers will be barred from entering Hong Kong after the special administrative region’s government suspended travel ...
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2 illegal recruitment victims saved
Immigration officers intercepted two female victims of illegal recruitment who were bound for the United Arab Emirates at the Clark ...
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No more househelp after Mauro sacking
Diplomats and officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs are no longer allowed to bring in their own domestic staff ...
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Rep. Villar seeks more jobs, online career fairs to help workers
With record unemployment and many Filipinos left without jobs brought by the impact of the pandemic, Deputy Speaker and Las ...
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