Carpenters can hold their head up high. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said an official study showed a high demand for skilled carpenters here and abroad that was expected to continue in the next five to 10 years.
There may be far fewer Filipinos working as domestics around the world in five years. Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) head Hans Leo Cacdac said the government was seriously considering a “five-year phaseout program” of domestic workers to more than 180 countries worldwide.
The Philippines will host next week an international dialogue involving 20 labor-sending and labor-receiving countries that would, among others, try to help end illegal recruitment and provide better protection for migrant workers, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Thursday.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Sunday signed here an agreement with her Jordanian counterpart that would pave the way for the lifting of the deployment ban imposed in 2008 on Filipino household service workers (HSWs) coming to Jordan.
The government has given P220,000 to the family of the overseas Filipino worker whose body was found in a suitcase in the parking lot of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport last week, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said on Saturday.
To keep Filipino seamen crewing on European ships, the Philippines has formally informed the European Commission (EC) of corrective measures it has taken to improve maritime training in the country, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said on Monday. Baldoz said Ambassador to Brussels Enrique Manalo submitted the government report to the European Commission Maritime Safety Agency [...]
Filipinos being lured by prospects of lucrative jobs in Spain should think twice, the Department of Labor and Employment warned on Tuesday.
