OFW News

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

Domestic growth is seen to be continuously supported by inflows from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), which remains resilient amidst the repatriation of around 700,000 workers since the pandemic hit in 2020. On Friday, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported the 5.1 percent year-on-year jump in cash remittances last August to USD2.609 billion and the 5.7 percent increase in the

A Filipina domestic helper who worked for an employment agency owner accused of accepting payments for bogus jobs and for laundering more than $700,000 paid by applicants has said in court that she had no doubt the agency was licensed as her boss had told her so. Giving evidence on the 17th day of her trial along with the agency