Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic rages on more than a year since it was declared a global pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Because of the pandemic, more than a million Filipinos overseas have lost their jobs and returned to... read more
Guam Daily Post | 21 January 2019 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the State Department, announced over the weekend that workers from the Philippines are no longer allowed to seek employment in the United States under H-2B an... read more
Manila Times | 21 January 2019 Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras, cluster head in-charge for the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), said on Sunday that he was closely coordinating with... read more
Malta Today | 21 December 2018 Nationals from the Philippines who are interested in seeking work in Malta are being warned against unauthorised recruitment practices on the island. In two advisories issued in September and November by the Philippine Embas... read more
ABS-CBN News | 11 November 2018 MANILA – A recruitment agency in Manila has been ordered to halt recruitment operations after Filipino truck drivers it sent to Europe were found to be “working and living in substandard conditions.” In a ... read more
Business Mirror | 14 November 2018 FOLLOWING successful negotiations this week, Israel has agreed to reduce the recruitment fees for Filipino caregivers by at least 85 percent. Speaking at the BusinessMirror’s Coffee Club Forum, Israel Ambassador to the... read more
Rappler | 6 November 2018 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) launched on Tuesday, November 6, its overseas Filipino worker (OFW) e-card, a membership card that provides easier access to government benefits... read more
Rappler Philippines | 20 October 2018 MANILA, Philippines – More than 50,000 skilled workers from the Philippines have the chance to get employed in Japan in the next 6 years once the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe finalizes its new rules for g... read more
Sunstar | 8 October 2018 THE Office of the Cebu City Prosecutor indicted a woman from Tacloban, Leyte who allegedly duped four job applicants in Cebu into bogus employment abroad. Prosecutor Rogelio del Prado found evidence to charge Rosel Basconcillo wit... read more
Asia Times 5 October 2018 Three Filipino domestic workers have filed complaints at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office against two Hong Kong employment agencies for alleged overcharging fees. The two unnamed agencies were the Hong Kong counterparts of th... read more
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