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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has opened a temporary offsite passport services (TOPS) site at the SM Seaside in Cebu City in response to the public’s clamor for more appointment slots in the Visayas region. In a statement Thursday night, the agency said this is part of its plan to roll out regional TOPS operations to provide passport services

Job opportunities for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan particularly in Taichung, the central district of the host island is encouraging, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) reported on Friday. POLO Taichung Labor Attaché Bienvenido Cerbo, Jr., said the possibility of Filipino workers being employed is very likely since OFWs are the most preferred by employers. “Very, very bright actually.

The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) have recently partnered in developing training programs to upgrade the skills of workers in the shipbuilding and ship repair (SBSR) sector. MARINA Administrator Robert Empedrad and TESDA Director General Isidro Lapeña, who virtually signed the memorandum of agreement last Oct. 11, said the partnership is another

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has reiterated that the use of its online services for job seekers and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is free of charge and should not be entrusted to a stranger. The POEA has received reports about enterprising individuals in Facebook groups and pages who are taking advantage of some technologically challenged job applicants and OFWs

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has reminded licensed recruitment and manning agencies of their responsibility to monitor and report the status and condition of their deployed workers. The POEA said licensed agencies are mandated to report the status and condition, particularly significant and critical incidences involving their deployed OFWs within 5 working days from its occurrence through the POEA

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) reiterated its advice to Filipino overseas jobseekers to disregard emails inviting them for orientation seminars for supposed employment opportunities in countries like Canada, and United Kingdom. Administrator Bernard Olalia said that scammers proliferating in so media are using the names of POEA licensed recruitment agencies to send fake job offers which require job seekers

Filipinos based in the Philippines who are rendering online services for overseas employers and are leaving to assume their jobs abroad for the first time are not qualified for the issuance of overseas employment certificate (OEC) for balik- manggagawa or returning workers. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) issued the clarification after a number of these workers attempted to secure

The Philippines will continue deploying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Guinea. In a resolution released on Monday, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration’s (POEA) Governing Board said the decision was made upon consultation with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). “The POEA Governing Board, in a meeting duly convened resolves as it is hereby resolved, to continue the processing and deployment

The Philippines has revised the roster of “red, yellow, and green” countries and jurisdictions, as well as the testing and quarantine protocols for arriving passengers. The red, yellow, and green list was updated during the meeting of members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on Thursday. In a press statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry