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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)-bound overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who ended up stranded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City Friday, May 28 have been assured of assistance from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). OWWA Deputy Administrator Mocha Uso

OFWs in Korea get 1-year extension Jomar Canlas, TMT © Provided by The Manila Times THE Department of Labor and Employment on Sunday announced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in South Korea who are under the employment permit system (EPS) and whose contract term expires this year have been given a one-year extension. Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd said Labor Attaché Maya Valderrama of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office informed him on the relevant amendment to the Act on Em...

OFWs: Smugglers of faith and joy BusinessWorld 19 hrs ago (Second of three parts) Economic prospects for 2021 look bleaker by the day as COVID-19 cases are rising and our Government can’t seem to get their act together in effectively distributing the vaccines available and managing more expertly the necessary balance between public health and the economy. In my own economic forecast, the Philippines shall continue to see paralyzing lockdowns as we suffer from additional surges of even more ...

BusinessWorld April 13, 2021 | 9:25 pm (Second of three parts) Economic prospects for 2021 look bleaker by the day as COVID-19 cases are rising and our Government can’t seem to get their act together in effectively distributing the vaccines available and managing more expertly the necessary balance between public health and the economy. In my own economic forecast, the Philippines shall continue to see paralyzing lockdowns as we suffer from additional surges of even more infec...

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Messenger KUWAIT CITY, March 2: The Union of Domestic Labor Recruitment Bureaus, headed by Khaled Al-Dakhnan, held a lengthy meeting recently via Zoom with the leaders of the Ministry of Labor in Manila, the President of the Filipino Federation of Labor Offices, and the Labor Attaché at the Embassy of the Philippines in the country, reports Aljarida daily. During the meeting, they discussed several matters and issues related to employment of domestic workers, and the latest developments and pr...

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Friday that there is no compelling reason nor legal basis to place Labor Attaché (Labatt) Nasser Mustafa under preventive suspension following the dismissal of the criminal charges filed against him.  In a letter addressed to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, he said the agency’s legal service recommended the dismissal of the charges filed against Mustafa after conducting a “thorough revi...

Labor Attaché (Labatt) Nasser Mustafa (Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Riyadh) This came after an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) couple filed a complaint against Mustafa last year before the Philippine Embassy for acts of lasciviousness and sexual harassment that reportedly occurred in the morning of Feb. 13, 2020 inside the labor attache’s office in Riyadh when she was following up some job orders on behalf of her sponsor. On Oct. 14, the couple directed the Philippine Embassy to seek a...

In this Dec. 20, 2020, file photo, a guard with a face-shield stands near a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon, south of Bangkok. Thailand, which has kept the coronavirus largely in check for most of the year, is facing a challenge from a large outbreak of the virus among migrant workers in the province close to Bangkok AP Thousands of Cambodian migrant laborers are returning home from Thailand following a second outbreak of the deadly virus there over the past week, and aid...

Filipina domestic helper in Riyadh reported missing Published December 13, 2020 8:51pm A Filipina domestic helper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has been reported missing by her husband, who last got in contact with her over three weeks ago when they discussed her negative working conditions. Identified as Bernadeth Navarro, the Filipina domestic helper last spoke to her husband Josue on November 27, 2020 when she told him that the release of her salary was delayed, and that she was not being fe...