Published : Saturday May 25, 2013 | Category : OFW | Views : 57
VICE President Jejomar C. Binay yesterday revealed that about 600 overseas Filipino workers stranded in Jeddah will be able to come home for free after the government of Saudi Arabia waived its exit clearance requirement. “The government will take care of their airfare as well as other immigration fees,” the... Read more
Published : Thursday May 23, 2013 | Category : OFW | Views : 181
By : Lee Ann Ducusin
THE Philippine Overseas Employment Administration recently stopped a recruitment agency and its Kuwaiti employer from further recruiting Filipino workers while it is investigating the various complaints filed against them.POEA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said the POEA has motu propio initiated the filing of recruitment violation cases against Aim High International... Read more
Published : Thursday May 16, 2013 | Category : OFW | Views : 303
By : Willy M. Balasa
SOME 43 overseas Filipino workers returned from Kuwait yesterday after getting unfair treatment from employers there. The OFWs arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 around 3:55 p.m. on Emirates Airlines flight EK-332 from Dubai. Many of them were domestic helpers who had sad stories to tell about... Read more
Published : Wednesday May 15, 2013 | Category : OFW | Views : 407
The Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday urged overseas Filipino workers who have status problems in Saudi Arabia to take advantage of the opportunity given by the Saudi government to correct their residency and labor status. The guidelines which were announced by the Saudi Ministries of Interior and Labor last May... Read more
Published : Monday May 13, 2013 | Category : OFW | Views : 506
By : Willy M. Balasa
SOME 10,000 overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia may avail of recent concessions by the Kingdom’s government to go home. Overseas Workers Welfare Adminstration chief Carmelita Dimzon said the Saudi Ministry of Labor ordered all labor offices to work in the evening and even on Thursdays to handle applications by... Read more