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KUWAIT: Owners of a number of domestic workers’ agencies in Kuwait held a press conference Thursday night to discuss the recent progress regarding the exportation of domestic workers from Philippines and the ban threat that was made, unless a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was to be signed.

MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Sunday said it had ordered its personnel at all ports nationwide to facilitate the “unhampered” exit of au pairs bound for Europe after the Philippine government lifted the ban on their deployment.

The Ministry of Labor has suspended the recruitment of domestic workers from Indonesia and Philippines until the two countries change their conditions that demand improved rights for any employees that come to the Kingdom.

MANILA, Philippines – Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Tuesday welcomed South Korea’s new law, which makes it easier for companies to re-hire foreign workers, saying this would benefit Filipino workers.

Following a series of intense negotiations, Saudi Arabia has reportedly agreed to lift the hiring ban on Filipino domestic helpers and conceded to the Philippines’ demand to increase their wages, which is among the several key reforms that the Kingdom is set to implement amid mounting calls to improve the welfare of foreign maids in…

MANILA, Philippines – Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) may soon find securing overseas employment certificate (OECs) as easy as going shopping.

THE Department of Labor and Employment imposed a total ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers to the African country of South Sudan.

Philippine and Saudi officials have signed an agreement lifting the deployment ban on household service workers to Saudi Arabia, the Philippine mission in Riyadh said.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)  said majority of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) last year went to the Middle East, with 743,535 hires.

MANILA, Philippines – More Filipino workers were hired in various countries abroad despite the prevailing global financial crisis and hostilities in the Middle East region, the government said yesterday.

Bangladeshi Muslim immigrants living in the northern port city of Thessaloniki in Greece, offer Eid al-Adha prayers on November 6. For the first time in Thessaloniki, Greek authorities granted a public hall to Muslims in order to celebrate Eid al-Adha or the Feast of the Sacrifice, in remembrance of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of his son. AP…

The labor department has deferred for three months the barring of Filipinos from working in 41 countries. But it has not dropped the idea of blacklisting the 41 work destinations. That is, unless something drastic happens during the 90-day reprieve.

A Filipino migrants’ rights group in the Middle East yesterday urged the Aquino government to resolve the issue on OFWs deployment ban in 41 countries as soon as possible saying “it causes confusions among OFWs and would-be OFWs and will result to proliferation of illegal deployment and human trafficking activities.”

Statement of Ambassador Roy V.Señeres, spokesperson of TUCP, in Manila Bulletin, regarding ban on deployment of OFWs to 41 countries. DFA urged: Delay ban to protect OFWs MANILA, Philippines — The recruitment industry urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Sunday to withdraw its certification on the 41 banned countries.

MANILA, Philippines – The government recalled the ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers to 41 countries earlier declared “unsafe” for OFWs, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said yesterday.

CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, November 12 (PIA) — The National Capital Region (NCR) and Region III accounted for the most number of Filipinos migrating to other countries as the number of intermarriages through the internet increases.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday clarified that the withdrawal of Philippine deployment ban on 41 states that lack adequate protection for foreign workers is only temporary pending the outcome of dialogs with the concerned nations.

MANILA, Philippines — The recruitment industry urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Sunday to withdraw its certification on the 41 banned countries.

Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario yesterday asked Labor officials to delay the imple-mentation of an unprecedented ban on the deployment of Filipino workers in 41 countries without adequate work protection to give Philippine diplomats time to dialog with those states to prevent any backlash.

The Labor department’s Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has issued resolutions modifying the list of countries where overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) can and cannot be deployed.

Philippine migrant groups in the United Arab Emirates have called on the government to scrap a travel guarantee document required of Filipino visitors to the UAE, branding the regulatory measure as “state extortion.”

A member of the House of Representatives yesterday called on the Department of Health (DoH), Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to strictly implement the provision on the anti-decking or referral system as provided for in Republic Act 10022 or the Migrant and Overseas Filipino Workers Act, so…

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine embassy in Switzerland is looking into the possibility of opening the door for Filipino healthcare workers to work in Swiss hospitals by starting as trainees.

MANILA, Philippines – US Ambassador Harry Tho­ mas, Jr. said yesterday some American troops will remain in Iraq even after the withdrawal of forces, but there is no indication of the continued employment of Filipino workers inside the military camps.

MANILA, Philippines – At least 7,500 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Northern Marianas stand to lose their jobs and may be deported due to a new visa rule by the US Department of Homeland Security, Vice President Jejomar Binay said yesterday.

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Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz yesterday said the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) partially lifted the deployment ban in Afghanistan and Iraq as situation in that countries return to normal.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has issued a resolution partially lifting the deployment ban to Afghanistan and Iraq.

The recruitment industry expects a huge decline in the number of Filipino domestic workers being deployed to the Middle East with the likely approval of a resolution that would make Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates off limits to household service workers.

MANILA, Philippines – The recruitment industry is bracing for the impact of a deployment ban on Filipino domestic workers to three Middle East countries, saying such would slash by half the numbers of people deployed and hurt their bottomline.