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Deployment ceiling sa health workers, pagtiyak na may tutugon sa banta ng pandemya sa bansa: POEA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 05:09 PM

MAYNILA - Dapat na mabantayan ang deployment ng health care workers sa ibang bansa para matiyak na mayroong matitirang susuporta sa healthcare system sa bansa.   Read more »

Nurses' group makes fresh appeal on deployment cap hike

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 06:19 PM

A group of nurses on Thursday reiterated its appeal to the government to allow more medical workers to work abroad next year, if not to fully lift the overseas deployment ban, due to low wages and poor working conditions in the country. Read more »

ALAMIN: Sino ang sakop ng 'deployment cap' sa health workers simula 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 07:04 PM

Nilinaw ng DOLE kung sino ang sakop ng deployment cap sa healthcare workers na gustong mag-abroad simula 2021.  Read more »

Palace to DOH officials: Hasten hazard pay for health workers or risk suspension

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 12:09 PM

-Malacañang on Tuesday urged the health department to risk suspension or fast-track the release of the hazard pay for medical workers at the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.    Read more »

Nurses group pumalag sa 'deployment cap'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 10:08 PM

Nanawagan ang Filipino Nurses United na alisin ang 5,000 cap sa overseas deployment ng nurses at healthcare workers. Read more »

Palace: Philippines may let more health workers go abroad 'in due course'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 04:18 PM

The Philippines may let more of its health workers go abroad for better-paying jobs "in due course", Malacañang said Monday, after President Rodrigo Duterte ended an overseas deployment ban for medical frontliners in the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

'Killing me softly': Nurses' group urges govt to lift cap on deployment ban

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 08:39 AM

A group of Filipino nurses on Monday urged government to lift its cap on healthcare workers allowed to work abroad and pay on time those who serve in the frontlines against COVID-19. Read more »

Duterte approves ending overseas travel ban on health care workers- Bello

Reuters
Updated as of Nov 21 09:15 PM

MANILA— President Rodrigo Duterte has approved ending a ban on deploying the nation's health care workers overseas amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Saturday, clearing the way for thousands of nurses to take up jobs abroad. Read more »

Imbes na extension, pag-lift sa deployment ban giit ng grupo ng mga nurse

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 08:22 PM

Muling ipinanawagan ng nurses group ang mungkahi nilang alisin na ang pinaiiral na pansamantalang ban sa deployment sa mga health worker dahil wala namang kakulangan sa bansa. Read more »

Labor dep't open to lifting overseas deployment ban on health workers

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 07:38 PM

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Thursday it was open to lifting the overseas deployment ban on Filipino health workers as senators raised concerns over job opportunities for nurses. Read more »

Palace: 'Difficult' to totally lift deployment ban on health workers by next year

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 04:18 PM

It will be unlikely for President Rodrigo Duterte to fully lift the deployment ban on Filipino health workers by next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Malacañang said Tuesday after the government partly eased the restrictions. Read more »

1,200 more health workers can go abroad with Duterte blessing: Labor chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 11:21 AM

A maximum of 1,200 health workers can now go abroad after President Rodrigo Duterte approved further exceptions from an overseas deployment suspension, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Tuesday.    Read more »

Duterte allows more health workers to work abroad

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 11:37 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has allowed more Filipino health workers to work abroad amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Malacañang announced Monday. Read more »

Duterte guidance needed on lifting of deployment ban on health workers: Palace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 01:32 PM

Officials have already discussed proposals to exempt nurses and other medical workers with contracts signed as of Aug. 28 but President Duterte should still be consulted on the matter, his Harry Roque said. Read more »

IATF to decide on deployment ban on health workers amid requests for exemptions — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 10:40 AM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Wednesday said it will be up to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on COVID-19 to decide on whether deployment ban exemptions will be given to health workers with contracts signed as of August 31. Read more »

Labor chief wants more nurses exempted from overseas ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 10:32 AM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Tuesday he wants more nurses to be exempted from an overseas deployment ban meant to ensure that the Philippines would have enough medical workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Nurses patuloy ang pakiusap na ibasura na ang deployment ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 08:42 PM

Pinag-aaralan ng Labor department kung puwedeng makaalis ang nurses na may kontrata hanggang Agosto 31, 2020.  Read more »

DOLE to study plea to exempt from deployment ban health workers with signed contracts as of Aug 31

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 03:48 PM

MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday said it will study the recommendation to adjust the cut-off date of employment contact of health workers up to August 31, 2020 to be able to exempt more health workers from the deployment ban. Read more »

'Wag nating pigilan': Nurses' group blasts deployment ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 09:42 AM

Nurse Carmela Luisa Tan is among thousands of healthcare workers appealing for government to totally lift the ban on their deployment for better opportunities abroad.   Read more »

Nancy Binay wants POEA, IATF to stop travel ban on healthcare workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 03:47 PM

Filipino healthcare workers are being held hostage by a deployment ban imposed by the country's pandemic task force, Sen. Nancy Binay said Thursday, adding the gov't has "no right" to block them since it has failed to give them "competitive compensation." Read more »