Due to the success of the first online job fair last month, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is planning to hold another event in February.
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
(MANILA BULLETIN)
“Our job fair in December was successful so we’re planning to hold
FILE: Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III during a press conference on Thursday (Sept. 27, 2018), which is held at the DOLE main office in Intramuros, Manila.(PNA photo by Gil Calinga)
MANILA – As the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic impaired various industries around the world, Filipino workers here and abroad were not spared from its economic impact.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said close to 400,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have reunited with their families.
According to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, some 388,000 as of this week, were repatriated by the government through the assistance of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).