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
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7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
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Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
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