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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) warned the government yesterday that the hiring of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is likely to decline in the coming months due to the continuing political unrest in the Middle East and Libya.

DESPITE the global economic crisis, at least 406,000 Filipinos landed jobs abroad in the first quarter of this year, up by 70 percent, according to administrator Carlos Cao Jr. of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.

MANILA, Philippines – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is determined to institute reforms before the end of the year in the recruitment process to address the concerns of employees in the Kingdom, Vice President Jejomar Binay said yesterday.

Labor Minister Bahk Jae-wan recently met with ambassadors and representatives of 15 labor-sending countries to discuss issues and concerns among the foreign migrant workforce.

An alliance of Filipino migrants rights group, with chapters in the Middle East, said the moved by the Saudi government to stop the hiring of overseas Filipino domestic workers exposes the dilemma of the Philippine government “lucrative business” of peddling its cheap human labor sans protection of their well-being, rights and welfare.

MANILA, Philippines – Taiwan has lifted the restrictions it imposed on visa applications and work permits for Filipino workers.

SINGAPORE (via PLDT) – Contrary to public perception, Filipino professionals and highly skilled workers outnumber domestic helpers in Singapore.

Job opportunities in European companies are opening up for Filipino workers repatriated from Libya, the Department of Labor and Employment said Saturday.

MANILA– A Labor official forecasts a 3-percent drop in deployment of overseas Filipino workers last year, blaming a nugatory policy on departure in the country’s major airports as one of the causes.

Five government agencies have set up special windows to expedite the processing of documents and requirements for the visa of Taiwan-bound Filipino workers amid the rift between Manila and Taipei.

Lawmakers from Taiwan’s ruling party called on their leaders Thursday to indefinitely freeze the hiring of Filipino workers as a show of dissatisfaction over what they called Manila’s “unfriendly” attitude toward Taiwan.

Talks to settle row with Taipei turns sour TAIWANESE President Ma Ying-jeou on Tuesday said that Taipei is angered and disappointed by the Philippine government’s refusal to apologize over the deportation of 14 Taiwan residents to mainland China instead of to the island, adding that they are considering to freeze permanently the hiring of Filipino…

MANILA, Philippines – The government has stopped the deployment of Filipino workers in Libya, Yemen and Bahrain, Malacañang said yesterday.

ABUSINESS group on Monday prodded the Aquino administration to prepare for a potential oil shortage as well as displacement of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East and North Africa amid changes in that region’s political landscape.

A group of recruitment agencies is asking the government to set up a one-stop authentication center to speed up the processing of documents of Taiwan-bound overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) amid the apparent rift between Taiwan and the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines –  The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) will require all overseas Filipino workers to submit their exit clearance for validation before leaving the country.

MANILA, Philippines –  Taiwan has started hiring workers from Thailand and Indonesia to replace Filipinos in retaliation for the Philippine government’s deportation of 14 Taiwanese to China, a source said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Fewer Filipino workers are expected to get employed abroad this year, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) reported on Jan. 28.

MANILA, Philippines – The government may adopt a selective deployment ban in an effort to provide more protection for Filipino workers, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Here’s good news for aspiring overseas Filipino workers. The Philippine government is not halting the processing and deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) even to countries still “uncertified” by the government as safe destinations for workers.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government is finally sending a fact-finding team to Afghanistan to determine whether or not it will lift the existing ban on the deployment of Filipino workers there.

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino workers appeared to be losing their popularity among foreign employers.

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.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz bared that employers in Malta, a small country in the Mediterranean, have expressed desire to hire Filipino caregivers, seafarers and service industry workers.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday that employment prospects abroad remained bright for construction workers and other highly skilled Filipino workers in the coming year.

MANILA, Philippines – Fewer Filipino workers were hired abroad this year due to the global financial crisis, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has reported.

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates has eased its tough rules for foreign workers who want to change employers, loosening the controversial “sponsor” system in force in the Arab states of the Gulf. “An employee with an expired contract can obtain a new work permit and shift to another employer” without having to wait six…

MANILA, Philippines – The number of non-European workers entering the United Kingdom will be strictly regulated, the British embassy said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines –  President Aquino has suspended the deployment of Filipino workers to South Korea while the government assesses the situation in the Korean Peninsula.

The employers in Algeria continue to express preference for Filipino workers as they intend to hire more of them.