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A party-list lawmaker on Tuesday said returning Filipinos who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) here or abroad should be exempted from the mandatory quarantine when they arrive in the country. ACT-CIS Rep. Rowena Niña Taduran said the mandatory seven-day quarantine in a government-approved facility would only burden the arriving fully vaccinated Filipinos, who have a very

More job opportunities abroad will be opened to Filipinos following a bilateral labor agreement between the Philippines and Romania. In a statement on Monday, the Department of Labor and Employment said Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and Romanian Embassy Chargè d’Affaires Mihail Sion signed a memorandum of understanding last week for the deployment of more overseas Filipino workers to the

Hinihiling ng pinakamalaking grupo ng medical technologist sa US na pag-aralan ng mga opisyal ng pamahalaan ang deployment cap para sa mga health care worker (HCW) sa Amerika, ulat ng labor department kahapon. Ayon kay Labor Attaché Angela Librado Trinidad ng Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) sa Washington D.C., naghain ng kahilingan ang Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET) dahil

Hindi kinakailangang magpabakuna kontra Covid-19 ang mga overseas Filipino worker na tutungo sa Singapore, ulat ng labor department. Sa pahayag ni Saul De Vries, labor attaché sa Singapore, bagama’t mahigpit na ipinatutupad ng pamahalaang Singapore ang quarantine protocol dahil sa muling pagdami ng mga kaso ng Covid-19, ang bakuna ay hindi bahagi ng protocol para sa mga dumarating sa nasabing bansa. “Hindi

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for Singapore are not required to get inoculated against COVID-19 before they are allowed into the city-state, the labor department reported on Sunday. Labor Attaché in Singapore Saul De Vries said that while the government of Singapore is implementing strict quarantine protocols due to the recurrence of COVID-19 cases, vaccine is not part of the arrival protocols in

Upang mabawasan ang insidente ng mga kaso ng illegal recruitment at para na rin sa kapakanan ng mga overseas Filipino worker (OFW), tinanggal ng Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) sa Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ang mga tiwaling recruitment agency at pinalakas ang onsite verification ng mga employer. Ayon sa Labor Attaché ng POLO Riyadh na si Fidel Macauyag, sa loob ng isang buwan,

To mitigate incidences of welfare cases among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is purging delinquent recruitment agencies and strengthening onsite verification of employers. Labor Attaché Fidel Macauyag said that in a month, 39 errant Saudi recruitment agencies and 18 companies were suspended by the POLO in Riyadh while over

Pinalawig ng isang taon ang pananatili at pagtatrabaho ng mga overseas Filipino worker (OFW) sa Korea na nasa ilalim ng Employment Permit System (EPS) na ang kontrata ay mawawalan ng bisa sa panahon ng 13 Abril 2021 hanggang 31 Disyembre 2021 at ito ay epektibo ng 13 Abril 2021. Sa ulat kay Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, sinabi ni Labor Attaché Maya Valderrama

The period of stay and employment of overseas Filipino workers in Korea who are under the Employment Permit System (EPS) and whose contract term expires within the period 13 April 2021 to 31 December 2021 will be extended to one year effective 13 April 2021. In a report to Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Labor Attaché Maya Valderrama of the Philippine

MANILA – The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Wednesday warned the public, particularly aspiring overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), against unscrupulous individuals who are posing as employees of the agency. In an advisory, the POEA advised overseas job applicants to exercise extreme caution and avoid dealing with illegal recruiters. It also urged the public to always verify job offers through