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PH eases alert level in Iraq, allows returning OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 02:06 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday it lowered the alert level in Iraq due to "improvements in the security situation" in the country. Read more »

DOLE's Bello to meet with Saudi Arabia counterpart

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 24 01:55 PM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Sunday he would meet with his counterpart from Saudi Arabia following his threat of a total ban on the deployment of Filipino migrant workers there. Read more »

DOLE mulls total deployment ban to Saudi Arabia over unpaid OFWs

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 08:52 PM

The DOLE is considering a total deployment ban to Saudi Arabia after reports bared thousands of OFWs remain unpaid by their employers in the Middle Eastern state. Read more »

PH to pursue talks over unpaid salaries of Saudi OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 14 04:35 PM

The Philippines will try resolving the unpaid salaries of some workers in Saudi Arabia through negotiation before it resorts to a deployment ban. Read more »

Deployment ban sa Saudi, tinitingnan ng DOLE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 07:52 PM

Ayon kay Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, libo-libong OFW pa ang hindi nakatatanggap ng kanilang mga claims sa mga hindi nabayarang sahod nang magtrabaho ang mga ito sa Saudi Arabia. Read more »

Deployment ban to Saudi eyed

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 02:05 PM

The Philippines is considering a suspension of deployment of overseas Filipino workers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over incidents of maltreatment. Read more »

Ilang OFW sa Iraq nais nang makauwi sa Pinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 01:03 PM

Humihingi ng tulong ang ilang OFW sa Erbil, Kurdistan Region na payagan silang makauwi ng Pilipinas at makabalik pa rin sa kanilang trabaho sa Iraq. Read more »

‘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 »