Due to the economic crisis in Italy and other European countries, some overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there are now asking about opportunities here for a possible return, according to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said they have started efforts to locate the mother of Imee Sayson, the seven-year-old girl from Compostela Valley who survived after being buried in mud for 24 hours.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz urged on Thursday, overseas Filipino workers intending to apply for a United Arab Emirates (UAE) visa to file their applications early because its approval would be directed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abu Dhabi.
The Department of Labor and Employment has warned overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) against using commercial visas to go to Kuwait to work, saying the scheme places them at a very precarious and dangerous situation.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) expects fewer cases of abuse against Filipino maids following the Saudi Arabian government’s decision to lift the ban on the hiring of Filipino household service workers (HSWs) beginning October 1.
There is no need to repatriate thousands of Filipinos from Libya just yet, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
The brain drain has become a bigger problem in the last 12 years, as the yearly exodus of people trained in science and technology (S&T) grew by about two and a half times from 1998 to 2009.
Filipino seamen could be banned from European ships and the Philippines could lose $700 million in remittances if “deficiencies” in the seamen’s training and education were not addressed, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) warned on Thursday.
Filipinos being lured by prospects of lucrative jobs in Spain should think twice, the Department of Labor and Employment warned on Tuesday.
The Department of Labor and Employment on Wednesday allayed fears of overseas Filipino workers and their families about a new Saudi Arabia policy aimed at limiting the number of migrant laborers employed by private companies there. But though the new policy was “no cause for undue worry,” about 90,000 OFWs working in small establishments could [...]
