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Some 521 distressed and displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have returned home and now ready to enjoy the holiday season with their respective families, the labor department reported. The batch of repatriates were composed of 174 OFWs who were denied of salaries for four months and displaced by the lock-out of their employer,

The welfare and protection of Filipino workers in Canada will soon get a boost with a proposed law seeking to protect them from abuse. In a report to Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III, Labor Attaché Margarita Eugenia Victorino of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Vancouver said the proposed legislation, a registry of employers and recruiters of temporary

Isang bagong batas ang isinusulong upang mapangalagaan at maprotektahan ang mga manggagawang Filipino sa Canada laban sa pang-aabuso. Sa ulat kay Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, sinabi ni Labor Attaché Margarita Eugenia Victorino ng Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) sa Vancouver na ang mungkahing panukala ay naglalayong magtatag ng registry ng mga employer at recruiter para sa mga temporary foreign

Filipino workers in Qatar can expect a much caring and safer working environment after a new law that establishes workers’ fund has been approved by the Qatar government. Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III said this after receiving a report from DOLE International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) Director Alice Q. Visperas about the issuance of the worker’s support and insurance

The Emir of Qatar has granted Royal pardon to 25 overseas Filipino workers detained for various offenses on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III reported on Sunday. Bello said he has conveyed the gratitude of President Duterte to Sheikh Tamim Bin Hammad Al Thani for his act of compassion. “The most kind gesture

The labor department has warned the public to be wary of ‘too good to be true’ job offers overseas. This after reports circulated about the demand for 700 mushroom pickers in Canada where they can earn up to P150,000 a month. In a report to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Labor Attaché I-designate Celeste Marie Ramos of the Philippine Overseas

Pinag-aaralan na ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang mga regulasyon at polisiya sa Russia bilang paghahanda sa posibleng deployment ng mga Pilipinong manggagawa rito. Kasunod ng mga pag-uusap sa pamahalaan ng Russia, bumuo si Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III ng isang technical working group (TWG) na may layong magsagawa ng mga diskusyon at pulong upang gumawa ng kasunduan

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has warned the public anew of another fraudulent scheme that victimizes Filipinos jobseekers wanting to work in London. Acting on a report of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in London, DOLE said that a fake online email account, (philippineembassyunitedkingdom@gmail.com) posing as the Philippine Embassy in the United Kingdom (UK), recruits overseas workers

The Sultanate of Oman has suspended for six months the issuance of visas to foreign workers in 10 employment sectors covering 87 skills and professions. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), in an advisory said Oman’s Ministry of Manpower (MoM) has issued Ministerial Decision 38/2018 last January 24 suspending the authorization to hire foreign workers as part of its nationalization

Filipino workers and tourists looking for work in Macau must be extra cautious in accepting offers from other Filipinos for supposed employment in mainland China. In a report, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said that Department of Foreign Affairs has endorsed the case of a Filipina household service worker in Macau who was allegedly recruited by a Filipina named Pia

Nagsasagawa na ng pag-aaral ang pamahalaan kaugnay sa mga probisyon ng panukalang bilateral labor agreement sa Israel at nakatakda na rin itong pirmahan ng dalawang bansa. Nagpadala na si Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III ng grupo ng mga opisyal sa Tel Aviv upang makipagpulong sa mga labor official ng Israel at magsumite ng rekomendasyon upang lagdaan ang nasabing bilateral labor

The government is conducting a review of the terms of a proposed bilateral labor agreement with Israel set to be sealed by the two countries. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III dispatched a top-level team of officials to Tel Aviv to meet with their counterparts and submit recommendations for the early conclusion of a Philippines-Israel Bilateral Labor Agreement. In an administrative