Employment – International

The renewable energy industry has grown steadily over the past decade, adding jobs at more than twice the national rate, according to a study by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

MANILA, Philippines – The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taipei, with the support of Taiwan’s Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), will strengthen its direct hiring program for Filipinos during the Philippine Independence Day celebration today following the holding of successful job fairs in the key cities of Taiwan.

The Philippines has sought international help in providing protection to the thousands of foreign seafarers against piracy, particularly those sailors onboard ships plying the pirate-infested routes of the Gulf of Aden and the Western Indian Ocean.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has reported that deployment of Filipino workers to Nigeria may soon resume after the government has considered lifting the ban.

Please allow us to respond to The Manila Times editorial on the “deficiencies” of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) published June 9, following its celebration of Migrant Workers Day last June 7.

THE country is sending fewer domestics to Hong Kong, Singapore and Italy, where Indonesian women are willing to work for less than the $400 a month that Filipinos charge, Labor officials said yesterday.

Despite being hit by the global financial crunch, South Korea is expected to employ some 5,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the next 10 months under a memorandum of understanding that was signed recently between Seoul and Manila.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – If the friends of David Magan from Moriones, Tondo, can see him now, they are bound to be impressed. Dressed in his white coat tuxedo, David barks a few orders, some in Tagalog, to the waiters in the casual dining restaurant at the top deck of the cruise chip Celebrity Century.…

South Korea, in a memorandum of understanding that iT signed with the Philippines on Sunday, guaranteed the hiring of 8,000 Filipinos to work in South Korea every year for the next three years.

MANILA, Philippines—Saudi Arabia has released a new minimum age requirement for employment in several categories of Filipino workers to make sure they are mature enough to work in the kingdom.

The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) on Wednesday said many displaced Filipino workers have returned to work in Taiwan, as its electronics industry began to recall workers.

Recruiters of overseas Filipino workers oppose the government’s plan to require domestic helpers to go through the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for assessment before they can be sent abroad for placement as “supermaids.”

MANILA, Philippines – More jobs await Filipino workers in Singapore, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Amid the global financial crisis, Filipino workers appear to be shying away from any work stoppage that could deprive them of their daily income.

MANILA, Philippines – Fewer Filipino workers are now getting hired abroad contrary to the government’s claim, the recruitment industry said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos aspiring to work abroad may train their eyes on Libya which is now in need of workers in various fields, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines — The deployment of newly hired land-based overseas Filipino workers fell by nearly 30 percent in 2008 compared to 2007, according to revised figures released by the Phililippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).

Iceland asked to ease forex policies MANILA, Philippines—The North African country of Libya is poised to be a strong market for skilled overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) this year as it is in need of more than 16,000 migrant workers, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said over the weekend.

Palace creates employment task force President Gloria Arroyo created the Presidential Task Force on Emergency Employment to thwart the effects of the global economic crisis in the country’s economy.

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino doctors and dentists can now practice in other countries that are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

MANILA, Philippines – The United Nations’ committee on migrant workers has commended the Philippines for its reputation as an international model for best practices in migration policy.

MANILA, Philippines – More and more Filipinos are leaving the country either for work or leisure despite the global financial crisis, official records show.

The proposal of the government to stop the deployment of Filipino seafarers shipping vessels that pass through the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden is ridiculous, the head of a local maritime group said Monday.

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang has ordered a ban on the deployment of Filipino seafarers on board vessels that would pass through the pirate-infested waters of Somalia.

MANILA, Philippines – More highly skilled workers are likely to get employed in Algeria despite the prevailing global economic crisis, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – There is a Filipino in every country in the world.

MANILA, Philippines—The estimated 40,000 overseas Filipino workers in France, mostly caregivers privately employed by families, are keeping their jobs despite the layoffs in many parts of the world caused by global recession, new French Ambassador to the Philippines Thierry Borja De Mozota has said.

WASHINGTON—Sallie Mae on Monday announced plans to move 2,000 overseas jobs back to the United States from India and the Philippines, reversing a cost-savings measure the company took a year ago.

MANILA, Philippines – Employment opportunities for Filipino professionals in the United States of America seem to be getting bleaker.

With the United States still feeling the pinch of the global financial crisis, two American senators are seeking to limit the number of foreign information-technology professionals entering the country through the H1-B visa program, an advisory on the senators’ websites said.