23 February 2015, Gulf News Manama: Saudi Arabia’s Labour Ministry has, in an unprecedented decision, approved South American country Chile as a new source for domestic workers in the kingdom. Chile joins 14 countries on the list that includes seven cou... read more
7 February 2015, Gulf Times Recruitment agencies and employers in Qatar involved in anomalies such as “contract substitution” will face “serious punishment” from the Qatari government, according to Hans Cacdac, administrator of the Philippine Over... read more
7 February 2015, Gulf Times The Philippine government has received a positive response from Qatar’s Ministry of Labour to further enhance the protection of overseas Filipino workers’ welfare in the country, a senior official of the Philippine Ove... read more
5 February 2015, CBC News A Toronto woman has been charged in connection with a scheme that defrauded would-be immigrant workers of more than $1.5 million, police say. The investigation into GoWest Jobs International, an employment recruiting agency on Fi... read more
31 January 2015, Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—A man in Manila fell prey to illegal recruiters and lost P150,000 after trusting the referral of his cousin who turned out to be an alleged accomplice of the bogus recruitment agency, police... read more
21 January 2015, GMA News Online A Hong Kong-based labor placement agency is now under preventive suspension after it was found to violate Philippine overseas employment laws, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said Wednesday. POEA a... read more
13 January 2015, GMA News Online Noting Pope Francis’ strong anti-human trafficking stance, leaders of civil society organizations and representatives from the recruitment industry will hold a dialogue on the eve of his five-day visit to the Philipp... read more
9 January 2015, The Gulf Today DUBAI: More Filipinos have been projected to be in the service industry of the UAE specifically in Dubai and the Northern Emirates in the next five years leading to the Expo 2020. Interviewed, Labour Attache Delmer Cruz also... read more
28 November 2014, Arab News Manpower firms in the Saudi market responded to the Ministry of Labor’s pressure and published the prices and the cost of recruiting domestic workers on the “Mosanid” website before the deadline, next Monday. As of yester... read more
25 November 2014, Global Construction Review Doha’s success in winning the 2019 World Athletics Championship was unexpected – the US city of Eugene, in Oregon, was favourite. What was more predictable was that the victory would be the signal for anoth... read more