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Hotels serving as quarantine facilities for seafarers and other overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remain fully booked with over 10,500 returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) currently billeted in 183 hotels, according to Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Guest at the July 2 episode of Marino Filipino TV, OWWA Administrator or Hans Leo Cacdac disclosed that the number of ROFs accommodated in various

Returning Overseas Filipino Workers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will need to have their vaccination card or certificate validated by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III announced the directive on Tuesday in compliance with the Inter-Agency Task Force Resolution No. 123-C. The Department of Labor and Employment established an online portal (https://www.onehealthpass.com.ph/e-HDC/) where returning

The POEA has launched the POEA Helpdesk for the OFWs to personally file their requests/concerns with regard to their e-Registration accounts. The POEA HelpDesk is an online platform, where OFWs and recruitment agencies, can request for ICT assistance or technical support by filing an electronic ticket for the users’ concerns. The HelpDesk was timed for launch to assist Balik-Manggagawa workers

Close to 600,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) repatriated through government efforts have been sent home. Based on the data of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), 591,063 Filipino workers affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have been transported mostly to provinces. The repatriation covered the period March 2020 to June 22, 2021. This year, 109,354 returnees are already in

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Wednesday said the government will soon deploy skilled workers to Germany. According to JP Soriano’s report on “Balitanghali,” POEA said the Philippines and Germany have created a technical working group for skilled workers under the Triple Win Agreement. The Philippines has previously deployed nurses to Germany under the agreement. “Kaya ngayon, pa-pattern nila

The Philippines is suspending the permits for nurses who want to work overseas with immediate effect. A cutting off of its supply could impact Singapore, where foreign nationals make up about one-third of the nursing workforce, The Straits Times reported. Annual deployment limit reached The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said the annual deployment limit of 5,000 healthcare workers has been

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Friday reported that the country has deployed close to 30,000 seafarers last month. POEA administrator Bernard Olalia said the figure is only half of the number of sea-based workers sent abroad since January. “We started on January 21, 2021 of some 15,000 deployed seafarers. But in May, the number has doubled as we

The government is crafting guidelines for giving priority to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to be inoculated with vaccines preferred by host countries. Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Administrator Bernard Olalia said they are currently discussing matters with other government agencies and stakeholders on providing vaccines that are favored by host countries to migrant workers who are scheduled to leave soon.

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) intercepted three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) at the Clark International Airport after presenting falsified documents to make them appear older to be able to work abroad. BI commissioner Jaime Morente on Monday said the three women, who all hail from Cotabato, attempted to depart for Doha, Qatar last June 13 to work as household workers

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Monday advised overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), particularly those in Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to be wary of unscrupulous recruiters offering jobs in Poland. In an advisory, the agency warned Filipino workers in these areas against a “third-country hiring scheme”. “It has come to the attention of this administration that many