MANILA, Philippines – Amid reports of rising cases of abuses against overseas Filipino workers, the government is soon adopting a new information system to provide immediate and necessary assistance for OFWs.
Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said the government is launching the so-called Foreign Labor Operations Information System (FLOIS) to improve the operations of the 38 Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs) worldwide. “FLOIS would provide internet-based information on profiles of OFWs, foreign employers and listing of foreign and local recruitment agencies,” Roque said.
Roque said the system will be integrated with the DOLE’s Information System Plan to enable labor officers abroad to extend assistance to needy OFWs on site. According to Roque, he already directed the DOLE’s International Labor Affairs Bureau and Planning Service to hasten the implementation of the FLOIS project.
Also yesterday, Roque ordered the POLO in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to look into reports that a number of Filipino household service workers have been maltreated by their Arab employers. Although the Filipino workers have not been identified, Roque said, he asked Riyadh-based Labor Attache Rustico dela Fuente to determine the veracity of the report.
He also urged OFWs and their families to contact the nearest POLO or the DOLE and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in the Philippines for assistance in all cases of abuse and exploitation that the OFWs may encounter in the hands of their employers onsite.– Mayen Jaymalin, Philippine Star
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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