OFW News

OVERSEAS Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Kingdom of Bahrain called on the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to include their host government in the “green list,” said the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (Polo). In a virtual press briefing, Labor Attaché to Bahrain Vicente Cabe said many OFWs have been asking them to lobby to the Philippine government

The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced on Thursday that fully vaccinated Filipinos may now resume their travel to Israel for the first time in 18 months since it closed its borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting November 1, those who received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, Astrazeneca, Sinovac, or Sinopharm vaccine, or one dose of the Johnson &

The Philippine Labor department on Sunday welcomed South Korea’s decision to lift its visa restrictions on foreign workers under a so-called employment permit system (EPS). In a news release, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration was already directed “to commence processing the deployment of workers to South Korea following the announced lifting of

The Philippines will restart the deployment of workers to South Korea after entry restrictions into the country were lifted, the Department of Labor and Employment announced Sunday. Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that the DOLE has ordered the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to start processing the deployment of workers to our Asian neighbor. “This is a very good news

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has started the processing of the claims of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) who were forced to return home in 2016 without getting paid with their salaries and end-of-contract benefits. This as Secretary Silvestre Bello III directed the creation of a technical working group (TWG) to expedite

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has temporarily suspended the processing and deployment of healthcare workers (HCWs), particularly nurses, as the annual deployment cap of 6,500 has been reached. “Pursuant to POEA Governing Board Resolution No. 17, Series of 2020 and POEA Advisory No. 79, Series of 2021 on the lifting of the moratorium or temporary suspension on the deployment

Two Filipina recognizance form holders were arrested with 12 other people during anti-illegal worker raids across Hong Kong on Monday, Nov 1, by Immigration officers. Nine suspected illegal workers and five suspected employers were arrested in the raids carried out on 10 target sites including an industrial building, premises under renovation, restaurants, a retail shop and a shopping mall. The

The labor department cautioned Filipinos aspiring to work overseas to be wary of spurious job offers online. This was after the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Madrid, Spain received a request to verify an online job offer for a fruit farm cashier position in the country with a salary of 3,000 or 6,000 Euros. With numerous job offers proliferating

The Department of Labor and Employment cautioned Filipinos seeking overseas employment to be wary of job offers online. The warning issued Sunday came after the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Madrid, Spain received a request to verify an online job offer for a fruit farm cashier position with a salary of 3,000 to 6,000 euros, or equivalent to PHP175,000

The government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is expected to pay PHP4.6 billion in unpaid salaries to 9,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were forced to return home after they stopped receiving remuneration. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III is optimistic the payment will be made when KSA counterpart Ahmed Al-Rajhi visits the country in December this year. “The