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Ex-labor exec calls for 'safer, rights-based markets' for OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 06:02 PM

MANILA - The Philippine government should find other market options for Filipino workers who are going to be affected by the total deployment ban in Kuwait. Read more »

DOLE to hire 6,000 interns in areas affected by Taal eruption

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 07:47 PM

DOLE said this aims to provide temporary employment to affected residents and also help the local government units in relief and rehabilitation efforts. Read more »

Pagpapadala ng Pinoy workers sa Kuwait bawal na ulit

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 08:35 PM

Muling nagpatupad ang gobyerno ng total ban sa pagpapadala ng mga manggagawang Pinoy sa Kuwait. Read more »

Total ban: PH stops sending Filipino workers to Kuwait in wake of Pinay's slay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 03:38 PM

The Philippine government has prohibited all migrant workers to be deployed to Kuwait following the death of a household worker there, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Wednesday. Read more »

US job creation slows in December, wage gains cool

Douglas Gillison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 05:15 AM

The decline, which is not unusual after such a long stretch of brisk hiring, could tarnish President Donald Trump's economic record as he battles to win re-election in November. Read more »

Duterte says Kuwait response to Pinay death better this time

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 06:14 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed satisfaction over Kuwait's response to the death of a Filipino worker there, citing swift action on the latest case compared to previous incidents.    Read more »

Philippines seeks new hosts for Mideast OFWs in case of repatriation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 11:54 AM

Overseas Filipino workers, in case of repatriation, will be profiled to match their skills with available jobs in Japan, China, Russia, Canada and Israel, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III told ANC’s Headstart.   Read more »

No repatriation: Despite missile strike, OFWs near Iraq air base won't leave

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 11:14 AM

Despite missile attacks on a military base there, Filipinos working in Erbil in Iraq said it is highly unlikely that they will agree to be repatriated back to the Philippines.   Read more »

Fact-check: No, Finland has no plans for a 4-day workweek

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 01:14 AM

Media outlets around the world have been reporting that Finland wants to introduce a 4-day workweek. But in reality the country's government has no such plans. Read more »

'Villavende bumigay ang puso, baga dahil sa maraming injuries'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 08:34 PM

Ayon sa embalment certificate, bumigay ang puso at baga ng OFW na si Jeanelyn Villavende dahil sa tinamong maraming injuries sa katawan. Read more »

Duterte says PH may ‘move physically’ if Filipinos hurt in US-Iran tussle

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 08:19 PM

Duterte downplayed his spokesman Salvador Panelo’s earlier remark that the Philippines would side with the United States if its people are intentionally hurt in the Middle East, saying “it’s just a projection.” Read more »

Tanggal-buwis sa OT pay ng mga empleyado ipinapanukala sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 07:37 PM

Ayon sa panukala ni Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto hindi na pagbabayarin ng buwis ang mga empleyado pagdating sa overtime pay.  Read more »

How 7-Eleven struck back against an owner who took a day off

Hisako Ueno, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 07 08:41 AM

The company that controls the 7-Eleven chain, Seven & I Holdings Co., terminated Mitoshi Matsumoto’s franchise last week after he decided to close his store for a day on New Year’s Day, and it has stopped supplying him. Read more »

Nasa 10,000 OFW apektado ng partial ban sa Kuwait

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 07:04 PM

Tinatayang nasa 10,000 overseas Filipino worker ang naunsiyami ang trabaho dahil sa partial deployment ban ng Pilipinas sa Kuwait. Read more »

Pagbuo ng OFW dep't iginiit dahil sa tensyon sa Middle East, maid slay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 07:39 PM

Iginiit ng isang kongresista ang kahalagahan ng pagbuo ng isang ahensiya ng gobyernong tutugon sa pangangailangan ng mga overseas Filipino worker dahil sa banta ng giyera sa Middle East at pagpatay sa isang Pinoy domestic helper sa Kuwait. Read more »

Kondisyon inilatag bago pag-aralan ang pag-alis ng deployment ban sa Kuwait

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 01:27 AM

Sakop ng ban ang mga bagong domestic worker, pati na ang mga dating domestic worker na magtatrabaho sa ilalim ng bagong employer. Read more »

PH to seek template contract for OFWs in Kuwait after work ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 11:48 PM

The partial ban on deploying Filipino household workers to Kuwait is now in effect following the death of another Filipino migrant employee. Read more »

Experts expect PH economic growth to accelerate in 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 11:39 PM

But they warn that a possible shortage of skilled labor could pose as the biggest risk to the massive infrastructure push. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga saklaw ng bagong deployment ban sa Kuwait

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 07:43 PM

Kasunod ito ng pagpanaw ng isang OFW sa mga kamay umano ng kaniyang amo. Read more »

Kuwait deployment ban covers new household workers, those with expired contracts: Labor chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 03 12:44 PM

DEVELOPING STORY: A ban on the deployment of Filipino household workers to Kuwait was expanded to cover new hires and those with expired contracts, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Friday.    Read more »