MANILA, Philippines – Without a bilateral labor agreement or a Lebanese law to protect overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the Department of Foreign Affairs said yesterday the Philippines’ current deployment ban to Lebanon remains.
The Philippines and Lebanon are currently negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Labor Cooperation that will provide the protection for OFWs in Lebanon in accordance with the requirements of RA 10022 of 2010, or the Amended Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995.
Philippine Ambassador Gilberto Asuque said that Lebanon’s Ministry of Labor would be submitting to the parliament a proposed legislation specifically for foreign migrant workers that would regulate the recruitment of these workers and protect their rights.
A total 449 OFW repatriates defied the total deployment ban to Lebanon.
The Philippine embassy in Beirut reported that a total of 449 OFWs in distress were repatriated over a seven-month period.
Asuque reported to the DFA that almost all of the 449 OFW repatriates defied the total deployment ban to Lebanon, which was enforced since June 18, 2007.
Asuque reiterated his appeal to all Filipinos who wish to work abroad to observe the deployment ban and to avoid illegal recruiters whose only aim is to collect his or her commission for each OFW deployed to Lebanon and who will not take any responsibility for whatever happens to the OFW nor assist in the repatriation. –Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star)
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September –
5 Sept – Intl Day of Charity
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
Monthly Observances:
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
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
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