DUBAI – Filipino workers inside US military camps in Iraq are now exempted from the travel and deployment ban imposed by the Philippine government.
According to a circular sent to various contractors in Iraq, Philippine Ambassador to Baghdad Bayani Mangibin said the Philippine government has decided that all Filipinos currently working in US camps in Iraq will no longer be covered by the ban.
While granting the exemption, the total ban on deployment of Filipino workers to Iraq remains. This means that meaning no additional or new Filipino workers will be allowed to be deployed.
The decision came amid an order from the US military to repatriate all workers whose countries have an existing travel and work ban to Iraq.
The companies were given 60 to 90 days to send home their “illegal” workers.
Early this month, Special Envoy to the Middle East Roy Cimatu went to Iraq and gave his favorable recommendation to allow Filipino workers, who are inside US military camps, to stay in the country.
Based on the latest Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) records, there are at least 8,000 Filipinos working in various US camp sites in Iraq. –Dindo Amparo, ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau Chief
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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