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The government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is expected to pay PHP4.6 billion in unpaid salaries to 9,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were forced to return home after they stopped receiving remuneration. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III is optimistic the payment will be made when KSA counterpart Ahmed Al-Rajhi visits the country in December this year. “The

How ironic that the world’s so-called biggest supplier of nurses may soon be facing a shortage, and in the middle of a pandemic at that. But it’s no surprise that many Filipino nurses are fleeing the country, leaving their families behind, and seeking employment overseas where they get paid as much as 10 times more compared with their paltry earnings

A federation of former overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have decided to stay for good in the country, is the first recipient of aid under the Tulong Pangkabuhayan sa Pag-unlad ng Samahang OFWs (Tulong Puso) program of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Western Visayas. The OWWA awarded the first tranche, equivalent to 20 percent of the approved PHP995,925

The government and the private sector both agreed that the proposed creation of the Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFWs) though necessary was untimely. “Why fix it if ain’t broke?” Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Special Adviser Marianito Roque said during a joint webinar over the weekend by the Philippine Council for Foreign Relations and the Blas F. Ople

Promoting the rights and welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will continue to be among the priorities of three-term Senator, now Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda to ensure that Filipinos working in foreign countries, which include domestic workers, nurses, professionals, skilled workers, and seafarers, are protected and are assured that they are provided with programs that respond to their needs and

With economies either slowly or quickly picking up and the jobs landscape changing in connection with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic, Philippine government officials led by Labour and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III shall push for much better protection and welfare conditions of overseas Filipinos (OFs). Bello, alongside Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) chief Bernard Olalia and Overseas Workers Welfare

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday warned the public against phishing attempts using platforms connected with the agency. “The DOLE warns the public against unverified and illegitimate online transactions or platforms claiming to be affiliated with the Department using the PhilJobNet and the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) brands, and subsequently asking its registrants to deposit money

Five suspected illegal workers, including a Filipino, have been arrested in the past four days in operations mounted by the Immigration Department across Hong Kong to ferret out people who are illegally employed. An Immigration press release said three suspected employers were also arrested in the anti-illegal worker operations codenamed “Twilight” conducted from Oct 18 to 21. Task force officers

THE Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has lifted the deployment ban on Iraq for returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) under certain conditions. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd, who sits as chairman of the POEA Governing Board (PGB), has signed Board Resolution 9 over the weekend “to exempt the documentation of returning workers.” In the same resolution, however, the PGB “imposes

THE United Kingdom (UK) is now the top destination for Filipino health-care workers (HCW) after the Covid-19 pandemic that began early last year highlighted their key roles in the health crisis, according to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). This, despite the 36.83-percent decline in the number of HCWs deployed to the European country in 2020. In an online press