MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is not inclined, for now, to lift the deployment ban to Libya and Afghanistan, which are still experiencing civil unrest.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz yesterday said the government will not resume deployment to these countries because of security concerns. “Unless the Department of Foreign Affairs could come out with a new assessment, DOLE is not inclined to resume the deployment due to security concerns in those countries,” Baldoz said.
She admitted that the department has received numerous requests from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), particularly those in Libya, to lift the deployment ban so they can go back to work in hospitals there.
The Libyan government as well as private companies in the African nation have also declared their intention to rehire OFWs who have left their jobs because of the prevailing political tension.
Earlier, labor group Migrante warned that more Filipino workers would sneak out of the country to return to Libya if the deployment ban is not lifted.
Political tension and civil unrest, meanwhile, sparked anew in Syria.
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), however, said returning OFWs may still go back to the Middle East country in keeping with the government policy allowing the deployment of returning workers. –Mayen Jaymalin (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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