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‘Unneccessary’, ‘unjust’: Nurses’ group reiterates appeal to end deployment ban

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 23 09:28 AM

Filipino Nurses United president Maristela Abenojar, in an interview on ANC, said there were enough nurses in the country even if the government lifts the ban. Read more »

Pilipinas posibleng magpatupad ng deployment ban sa Oman

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 11:22 PM

MAYNILA - Posibleng magpatupad ng deployment ban sa Oman ang Pilipinas matapos isama ng Oman ang Pilipinas sa travel ban nito. Read more »

DOLE urged to allow departure of OFWs with Saudi employers willing to pay for COVID-19 protocol requirements

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 05:29 PM

MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) should allow Saudi Arabia-bound workers whose foreign employers are willing to shoulder the costs of COVID-19 protocols set by the Saudi government, Blas F. Ople Policy Center said in a statement Friday. Read more »

Philippines suspends migrant worker deployment to Israel amid conflict

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 20 09:56 PM

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) - The Philippines will suspend the deployment of its migrant workers to Israel, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Thursday. Read more »

Pagtatag ng Department of Overseas Filipinos 'di kailangan ng malaking pondo: Nograles

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 01:25 AM

Hindi mangangailangan ng malaking pondo ang pagbuo ng Department of Overseas Filipinos, sabi ngayong Lunes ni Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. Read more »

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 »