OFW News

Newly hired and returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with expired Overseas Employment Certificates (OECs) need not worry as they can have these certificates revalidated before leaving the country, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said on Saturday. In an advisory, POEA chief Bernard Olalia said the Labor Assistance Center (LAC) at different international airports in the country is ready to

She makes the Filipinos very proud! This was how Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III described the recognition given by the Queen of England to Filipino nurse Charito Romano for her exemplary work at a home care at the height of the Covid pandemic in the United Kingdom. “Our congratulations may not be enough to express how our government is grateful

More Filipino frontliners in the United Kingdom are being infected by Covid 19, the Department of Labor and Employment reported on Wednesday. In a report to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in London said at least 26 new cases were recorded among nurses and health care workers in the last two days, bringing the

Isa na namang pagpapatunay sa kagalingan ng Pilipino sa merkado ng paggawa nang parangalan ang apat na overseas Filipino worker (OFW) bilang modelong empleyado ng industry association sa Taiwan, pahayag ng labor department nitong Linggo. Sinabi ni Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III na ipinagmamalaki ng Pilipinas ang parangal na iginawad sa mga OFW ng Taiwanese Textile and Weaving Industry. “We

In yet another proof of the Filipinos’ competitiveness in the global job market, four overseas Filipino workers were conferred model employees by an industry association in Taiwan, the labor department announced on Sunday. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the Philippines takes pride in the recognition bestowed on the OFWs by the Taiwanese Textile and Weaving Industry. “We share the

Thousands of Filipino workers stand to benefit from a revised policy of the government of Bahrain which grants Flexi Work Permit to migrants beginning early this month, the labor department said on Tuesday. The Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Manama reported that the Arab state has reinforced its work permit system in an effort to curb the mounting number of

The Canadian government has extended its COVID recovery assistance to Filipinos who are temporarily working in the North American country, the labor department said on Sunday. In a report to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Vancouver said Canada has made changes to its Employment Insurance program and introduced a package of recovery benefits to

With a new ‘non-discriminatory minimum wage’, the government of Qatar becomes the first Arab state to introduce a significant labor policy reform covering all its migrant workers, the labor department said on Sunday. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the government of Qatar adopted early this month Law No. 17 series of 2020, setting the minimum wage for all workers

The government of Qatar has abolished the “kafala” system in the hiring and employment of migrant workers, a move described by the labor department as “a giant step towards improving the work condition of Filipino workers” in the Arab state. The kafala is an employment sponsorship system used to monitor migrant laborers working primarily in the construction and domestic sectors

Most Filipino workers in Australia have returned to their respective jobs after the lockdowns to contain the spread of corona virus had eased up, the labor department reported Tuesday. This developed as OFWs in Singapore have started to hone their technical skills while at the same time eyeing opportunities in the emerging digital-based jobs. In separate reports to Labor Secretary